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For Immediate Release:  
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October 23, 2009

Office of The Attorney General
- Anne Milgram, Attorney General

 

David Wald
609-292-4791

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New Police Officers for Camden City Police Department
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At least 75 new officers will be added to the Camden Police Department by the beginning of 2010, Attorney General Anne Milgram announced today, strengthening the department’s aggressive campaign against street gangs and violent crime.

“Hiring these additional officers will significantly bolster our crime prevention efforts in Camden,” said Governor Jon S. Corzine. “While the city has seen one of the most dramatic decreases in violent crime, there is still much work to be done. We owe it to the citizens of Camden to protect them from harm and getting these officers on the streets will amplify those efforts.”

The hiring will begin in earnest after the State Civil Service Commission on Wednesday approved a pilot project that allows the police department to quickly hire individuals who have taken the civil service examination and already graduated from accredited police academies.

“This ‘alternate route’ will allow the department to bring qualified candidates on to the police force and deploy additional police officers in Camden by the end of the year, and I greatly appreciate the Civil Service Commission’s approval of this important hiring program,” Milgram said. “The department is also currently selecting candidates from the civil service list. These officers will hit the streets of Camden after graduating from the Camden Police Academy. We are looking forward to welcoming these new officers into a department that is reducing homicides and violent crimes through pro-active, intelligence-led policing.”

Priority will be given to Camden city residents on the civil service list, under a new ordinance passed by the City Council which ranked priorities for police applicants. The new Camden Police Department officers are expected to start at the police academy effective January 4, and would be ready to join the department after graduating in early summer 2010.

“The new officers will provide a significant boost in the strength of the department and allow the department to continue to pursue new strategies that target areas in the city where there are the most instances of violent crime and target the most violent criminals,” Milgram said. “The residents of Camden have supported their police department and that support has been invaluable. These additional officers will allow the department to provide additional and vital police services to the city’s residents.”

Camden Police Chief John Thomson said, “The new hires will culminate the watershed year of change for the Camden Police Department. In addition to the cutting edge technology installed, the much needed officers will further enhance our recent achievements of securing our neighborhoods and reducing violent crime.”

The Camden City Police Department was put under the authority of the Attorney General’s Office in 2004 by former Attorney General Peter Harvey. In July 2008, a re-organization of the department shaped by Attorney General Milgram and Jose Cordero, the state director of Gangs, Guns and Violent Crime Control Strategies, put more officers on the street, pro-actively patrolling areas of the city with the highest levels of crime.

Cordero also instituted Compstat management, which increases the ability of the department to target and analyze crime data and measure the effectiveness of achieving policing goals.

The department added 25 new cars earlier this year and tactical automatic vehicle locators which will allow command staff to monitor deployments, 9-1-1 calls, and incident patterns to continually assess and refine deployment of resources are about to come on line.

This year, homicides are down 41 percent compared to 2008. In addition, the number of shooting incidents is down 26 percent and the number of shooting victims is down 20 percent, compared to a year ago.

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