Cities often strive to break records, but Camden, N.J., is buckling down, desperate not to shatter the homicide record it broke last year. A new Camden County police force that began this year seems to be making some headway.
The odds haven’t smiled on Camden for quite a while, but Thomson says things have improved since the new Camden County police force took control on May 1. Murders and daytime shootings are down; violent crime is down 11 percent. To combat the crime-ridden streets, the department is trying a blend of old-school policing and technology: getting officers out of their cars and onto foot patrols and using microphones to record gunshots and cameras to capture license plate numbers and remotely keep an eye on the streets.
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