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Camden shut down it's police department, and last year had the lowest murder rate in decades: http://www.nj.com/camden/index.ssf/2018/01/camdens_2017_murder_rat
by jdavis703 9y ago
Camden shut down it's police department, and last year had the lowest murder rate in decades: http://www.nj.com/camden/index.ssf/2018/01/camdens_2017_murder_rate_was_the_lowest_in_decades.html#incart_river_home http://www.nj.com/camden/index.ssf/2018/01/camdens_2017_murd.... As engineers when a system is severaly broken, we know the answer can be to turn it off (e.g. in the case of a bad malware infection). The same can apply to other complex systems too.
- YokoZar 9y agoIt wasn't clear from the article, but the context I found was that the Camden County Police Department took over policing from the Camden City force on May 1, 2013. Cities often have multiple options for who "owns" local policing - county level police, county level sheriff's office, contracting out to a neighboring town, or even state police.
- DrScump 9y agoIt's often financial -- a larger force can be "sublet" more cheaply than running your own. Heck, even Cupertino, CA (home of Apple) does that.