Camden City F.O.P. Votes on Metro Offer Tonight
Will the deal have a big impact on crime for Camden County residents? According to two veteran officers, the outcome is uncertain.
After 27 years with the Camden City Police Department, Richard Desmond has been through layoffs, labor negotiations, and general unpleasantness on the job. As a retired sergeant, he heads up the Emerald Society drum and bagpipe band, a ceremonial outfit he says has played at funeral services for more than 400 police officers and firefighters up and down the east coast. But burying the Camden City P.D. to make way for the countywide Metro Division is a deal he thinks will ultimately create a force that, even if larger, is no cheaper and far less experienced than the current corps of men and women policing the city. Far from the fight-'em-there mentality of the Camden County Freeholders—which has promised that a larger force will contain the…
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Mike King
10:58 am on Saturday, February 2, 2013
A fresh start would mean removing Cappelli and replacing him with a leader who will make best use of the available resources. Removing the troops on the ground and replacing them with newbies who have never seen this kind of action is ridiculous. more ›