Louis Cappelli Jr : Another landmark reached for the Camden County Police Department
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
February 12, 2013
Yesterday marked another milestone in the buildup of the Camden County Police Department’s Metro
Division with the arrival of seven new officers. The hiring of these officers signal the continued increase of our regional law enforcement organization formed to bolster public safety in Camden County. These men and women started assisting a contingent of officers and civilians at the Police Services building where they are preparing for the orientation and training of hundreds of new candidates.
Since the state and Gov. Chris Christie have granted $7.5 million in startup funding for the Camden County Police Department the Freeholder Board has moved forward with its plan to construct a 401 officer Metro division in Camden City. These officers will provide the backbone for facilitating and training new officers to police the streets of the County seat, while taking on a supervisory role and assisting in the background check process.
The transferred officers, Sergeants Jose Rodriguez and Scott Bagby, and patrolmen Gabriel Rodriguez, Linda Alicea, Vincent Robinson, Robert Borger and Julio Rios joined the department yesterday. These men and women will start working with other transferred police officers from the Camden City Police Department. Together they will be getting new hires on the streets and sidewalks and teaching them tactics and strategies for a comprehensive policing presence throughout the nine-square-miles of Camden City.
The funding is in place for this department to move forward and we have bipartisan support from the Governor and Senate President for this initiative. This new police department will undermine and eliminate criminal activity and make the City and County a safer place to live, work and raise a family.
Furthermore, all costs connected to the Metro Division’s police services will be paid for by the City with local property tax revenue and the State of New Jersey through transitional aid. In short, the State will pay the difference between the City’s payment and the services provided by the County Police Department.
You can read about the news accounts of the next wave of police officers joining the department here:
South Jersey Times, February 11, 2013
Courier-Post, February 11, 2013
If you have any questions about the Camden County Police Department please call my office at (856) 225-5451 or email me at [email protected]. If you have any questions or want more information on the Camden County Police Department’s Metro Division please go to www.camdencountypd.org, we’re on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CamdenCountyPDand Twitter@CamdenCountyPD.
Louis Cappelli, Jr.
FreeholderDirector