As police reform advocates call on towns to abolish police, the mayor of Camden, New Jersey says it's not the right way to go.
In the latest signal of reform to come from Minneapolis following the killing of George Floyd, the city’s police chief announced Wednesday that he would be withdrawing from negotiations with its police union.
As Yahoo Finance recently highlighted, there may be a living example of how to properly disband and reform a police force in Camden, New Jersey — a city that saw a 42% reduction in violent crime and 95% drop in use of force complaints eight years after replacing its unionized city police force with a county community force.
“There was no way we could’ve accomplished what we accomplished,” he said. “This was a lot of commitment, a lot of will, and today our officers — some people think it's cheesy — our officers will open up a grill and cook hot dogs with the kids. It's about building rapport and trust with the community.”
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