Camden County Police Department
| Camden County Police Department | |
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| Abbreviation | CCPD |
| Motto | Service Before Self |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | May 1, 2013 |
| Preceding agency | Camden Police Department |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | City of Camden in the state of New Jersey, USA |
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Foreground: Camden County, New Jersey, with the City of Camden highlighted. Background: New Jersey, with Camden County highlighted. |
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| Size | 11.4 square miles (30 km2) |
| Population | 77,344 |
| Governing body | Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | 800 Federal St. Camden, NJ 08103 |
| Officers | 401 |
| Ambassadors | 70-100 |
| Agency executive | Scott Thomson, Chief of Police |
| Facilities | |
| Mobile observation platforms | Sky Patrol |
| Website | |
| http://camdencountypd.org/ | |
| Footnotes | |
| * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. | |
The Camden County Police Department (CCPD) is a county police agency in Camden County, New Jersey, formed in 2013, and the primary law enforcement agency for the city of Camden, New Jersey. It is the successor to the City of Camden Police Department. It is sometimes referred to as the Metro Division even though, unlike many other metropolitan police forces in the United States, it presently does not patrol outside of the city. The department is available to all municipalities in Camden County on a voluntary basis, although no municipalities other than the City of Camden have announced plans to join the county police district.
On August 2, 2011, the City of Camden and Camden County announced that the city police department would be disbanded in favor of a new county police force. Well-known law enforcement executive John Timoney was retained to develop an organizational and functional plan for the department.
The creation of the county police force in place of the city force was expected to save between $14 and $16 million annually out of the $60 million budget of the city police department. Unlike the city police department it replaced, the new county department was not initially unionized. Savings were expected to come from reducing the fringe benefits that had been required under the city's union contract.
The move was endorsed by the Mayor of Camden, Dana Redd, who indicated that the new police department would be more cost-effective, and that the high absentee rate of city officers had affected the former department's ability to keep the city safe. An official of the Camden Fraternal Order of Police, which represented city police officers, described the plan as "union busting" and called it "a recipe for disaster" that would replace experienced city officers with new personnel unfamiliar with the city. A community group known as the Citizens' Community Committee for Public Safety, along with the Camden Fraternal Order of Police, criticized the plan as being political, not practical. The mayor's political opponents also criticized the disbandment of the city's department.
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