Camden County Police Department
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The Camden County Police Department (CCPD) is a county police department providing law enforcement services to the city of Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, formed in 2013. It is the successor to the Camden Police Department.[1]
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Camden County Police Department | |
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Abbreviation | CCPD |
Motto | Service Before Self |
Agency overview | |
Formed | May 1, 2013 |
Preceding agency | |
Jurisdictional structure | |
Operations jurisdiction | Camden, New Jersey, USA |
Foreground: Camden County, New Jersey, with the City of Camden highlighted. Background: New Jersey, with Camden County highlighted. | |
Size | 11.4 square miles (30 km2) |
Population | 77,344 |
Governing body | Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders |
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Operational structure | |
Headquarters | 800 Federal St. Camden, NJ 08103 |
Officers | 401 |
Ambassadors | 70-100 |
Agency executive |
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Facilities | |
Mobile observation platforms | Sky Patrol |
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Then-chief Scott Thomson used the disbanding and replacement to transform the department's policies. Camden's new department has been called "a model" of how to reform police departments.[2][3][4] 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. As a "county police" force, the department is available to all municipalities in Camden County on a voluntary basis; however, no other municipalities within Camden County have announced plans to join the county police district.[5][6]
Journalist Ryan Cooper described Camden's County Police as an example of community policing following the example of Nordic countries.[7]