Camden has come under renewed spotlight in recent months amid calls to defund the police sparked by the May 25 death of George Floyd. "Camden city had a fiscal crisis and a public safety crisis," Camden County Freeholder, Louis Capelli Jr. told Jones, adding that at the time, the city routinely saw a "murder rate higher than most third world countries." "We decided to dismantle the police department and to form a new department, to implement a new model of community policing." CLYBURN SUGGESTS CITIES COULD FOLLOW CAMDEN MODEL OF POLICE REFORM"We really have been able to change the dynamic through community policing, " Camden Police Chief Joseph D. Wysocki told Jones during a ride-along. "They didn't defund the police," Wysocki told Jones.

Source: Fox News July 27, 2020 04:30 UTC