N.J. city’s residents voice privacy concerns as police expand drone surveillance fleet

Namibia El was about to enter her Camden home when her neighbor pointed to a drone overhead. “Big brother’s watching,” El, 50 ...
Courier-Post

Camden's homicide rate hit lowest number in decades, as per city data

Violent crime has been on the decline in Camden, as the city has reached its lowest homicide total since 1985. According to statistics from members of the Camden County Police Department, 2025 ended ...
NJ.com

Camden City Police get two loaded weapons off of the streets, local man held on $200,000 bail

— A Camden County man was arrested early Wednesday morning with two loaded guns, Camden City Police Chief J. Scott Thomson said. Police on patrol around 12:08 a.m. found a man later identified as ...
abc7NY

Former Camden County, New Jersey police chief: Officers are guardians, not warriors

CAMDEN, New Jersey -- With calls to 'defund the police' heard across the country and departments under close scrutiny, officials in Camden County, New Jersey see their law enforcement model as an ...
fox17online

Nation looks to Camden, New Jersey, for community-policing model

CAMDEN, N.J. -- Lieutenant Gabriel Rodriguez is a part of the Camden County Police Department, a department that started over from scratch seven years ago. “East Camden is actually an area I grew up ...
WHYY

Camden balances surveillance and public safety while leaning heavily on drone technology

But Dillon Reisman, a staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey who focuses on technology, said although Camden has come a long way in public safety, there should be more ...
Courier-Post

Camden man shot, killed near Morton Street, city's 2nd homicide this month

The City of Camden has seen its second homicide investigation of the month after a summer absent of killings. The Camden County Prosecutor’s Office and Camden County police said 29-year-old local man ...