LETTER FROM
THE EDITOR
HUFFINGTON
12.09.12
Policing
the Streets
and
Policing
The Times
N THIS WEEK’S Huffington, John Rudolf
examines a plan that
would revamp the police force in Camden, New Jersey,
a crime-ridden city that routinely
tops the FBI’s list of most dangerous places. Residents and city officials agree that Camden needs a
big change: in addition to suffering
from widespread crime that terrorizes the population and demoralizes the police officers who try
to contain it, Camden is the most
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impoverished city in the country.
Forty-two percent of residents live
below the poverty line.
To reverse these trends, local
leaders — including the city council and Gov. Chris Christie — have
proposed a radical and controversial plan. Rather than improve the
existing Camden Police Department, they want to replace it entirely — an approach that entails
firing the existing police force. Opposition is fierce, though unlikely
to stop the creation of a new force,
which will be called the Camden
Metro Division.
Camden’s cops feel embittered
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