OUT OF
TOWN COPS
cleared major legal hurdles this
summer, opening the way for full
implementation. Applications are
being accepted for the new force,
and training for the first group of
hires will begin in November, according to Dan Keashen, a county
spokesman. As early as next March,
the old police department will be
shut down for good. Other Camden
County cities have been invited to
join the new department, but none
have shown interest yet.
On the surface, the shift to a
county-run force resembles efforts in other cities around the
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country to save money by merging departments and regionalizing police services. But several
experts say there are few specific
parallels with the Camden plan,
which involves a densely populated, high-crime city, and will
not include any actual merger
A woman is
arrested for
buying and
possessing
crack
cocaine.