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But this was true of Camden before its police reform as well. From the linked article: > He led the city’s high-profile pivot to community policing from 2013 u

But this was true of Camden before its police reform as well. From the linked article: > He led the city’s high-profile pivot to community policing from 2013 until last year and oversaw what turned out to be a steep decline in crime. Homicides in Camden reached 67 in 2012; the figure for 2019 was 25.

CivBase 6y ago
Wouldn't that suggest that the problem hasn't been solved? That there is some other issue? I'm not familiar with Camden or the reforms, so maybe there are other metrics by which things have improved. However, "top 0.2% of American cities in terms of per capita crime rate" is an awfully condemning statistic.
- newen 6y ago
  > He led the city’s high-profile pivot to community policing from 2013 until last year and oversaw what turned out to be a steep decline in crime. Homicides in Camden reached 67 in 2012; the figure for 2019 was 25. That's significant improvement. Waiting until you can "solve crime" seems unproductive.
  - CivBase 6y ago
    There is a pretty big difference between "solving crime" and reducing crime rate to a more typical level.
    - newen 6y ago
      The city had already started out with an extremely high crime rate and it dropped significantly after the PD was disbanded and remade. It hasn't gotten to typical levels but I don't think people are expecting magical results here. People want a useful police that treat them with respect and that doesn't use any opportunity to terrorize them and murder them. You know, like the police in every other first world country.