Camden, New Jersey, dissolved its police department and replaced it after corruption rendered the existing agency unfixable. Now, seven years later, the city’s crime has dropped by close to half.

William Walls, 34, of Clayton, New Jersey shakes hands with Camden police Deputy Commissioner Melvin Singleton by City Hall in Philadelphia. Camden Courier-Post via AP.

Camden County Police Department officer Louis Sanchez is seen on foot patrol in Camden, New Jersey, on May 24, 2017. In 2013 the city of Camden, New Jersey, dissolved its police force, replacing ...

What to Know. The Camden County Police Department Intelligence Team determined 93 percent of the guns they recovered in the city in 2022 and 2023 were from out of state, with 20.6 percent from ...

Crime in Camden has dropped to lowest level in more than 4 decades, officials say 01:50. Officials in Camden, New Jersey, say crime has dropped to some of the lowest levels in over four decades.