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Camden County Police Marks 10 Years of Patrolling the City of Camden

Dana Redd, Mayor of Camden, N.J. from 2010-18, spoke at the 10th anniversary event for the Camden County Police Department on May 1, 2023.
Kimberly Paynter
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WHYY
Dana Redd, Mayor of Camden, N.J. from 2010-18, spoke at the 10th anniversary event for the Camden County Police Department on May 1, 2023.

Ten years ago, the Camden County Police Department began patrolling the streets of the City of Camden, taking over for the dissolved city-controlled law enforcement agency, which lost half of its officers due to a budget crisis.

WHYY's Kenneth Burns reports that officials celebrated the milestone with remarks....and dodgeball.

Read the full story here.

(Original air-date: 5/5/23)

Kenneth Burns is WHYY’s South Jersey reporter. He joined the station in 2018 as an anchor. He also contributed stories and won a 2020 Keystone Media Award for one of them.