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Thursday, January 31, 2013

Camden FOP Votes Down County Offer, Braces for Legal Fight

Camden County Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli Jr. called the move a failure of leadership that 'defies logic,' and promised new officer trainees will hit the streets in March.

Rank-and-file members of the Camden City Fraternal Order of Police voted down a proposal from the Camden County Freeholders to join the Camden County Metro Police Division or forfeit their years of service on the job.  The offer failed to pass by a measure of 142-62 on Thursday, with 204 of 234 members voting. That final tally means that the police union in the most dangerous city in America will try its luck challenging the labor reorganization in the court system, as an April 30 deadline to dissolve the city force in favor of a countywide Metro Division looms. The deal on the table Thursday would have created a special exception allowing for as much as 100 percent of the current department to be hired by the Metro Division while …

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Camden City F.O.P. Votes on Metro Offer Tonight, Freeholders Force Metro Issue with Camden P.D., Offer Jan. 31 Deadline, Freeholders Proceed with Plans for Camden Metro PD, and 1 more ›

NJSgt

12:31 am on Tuesday, April 23, 2013

So how do you think contract negotiations will go for every department in Camden County now that this county force is up and running?   more ›

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

3 from Collingswood Collared in Camden Drug Bust

Kyle J. Cerone, Michael R. Marengo and Anthony Calabrese were all arrested for allegedly loitering to obtain drugs in a high-traffic area of the city.

Collingswood residents Kyle J. Cerone, 21, Michael R. Marengo, Jr., 26, and Anthony Calabrese, 26, were among 142 patrons of Camden City open-air drug markets arrested in “Operation Padlock,” reported the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office in a press release Monday. All three were charged with loitering for the purposes of obtaining a controlled dangerous substance (CDS), a disorderly persons offense under New Jersey law. Operation Padlock is described by the prosecutor’s office as an initiative that coordinates “police action with public works and community organizations to eliminate the drug trade in a targeted area.” Authorities say the policing strategy has paid dividends, leading to more than 250 arrests on charges ranging from drug …

lin rowe

4:13 pm on Saturday, September 15, 2012

BUGJUICE SAME AS MANY WE WERE RAISED in Camden then we made our own decisions as anyone els in the world so iI don't put blame no where let's get a solution   more ›

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