metro police

Camden Chatter: The Metro Police has a Birthday

“Camden Chatter” is a series of blog posts by Rutgers-Camden Ph.D. Candidate Christopher Wheeler on the “chatter” on social media about Camden. Here are his thoughts on the past week’s top stories: Share it!

Posted by Stephen Danley in Camden Chatter.

Camden County says, “It was a good arrest.”

Yesterday, Rutgers-Camden PhD candidate Chris Wheeler wrote about the rumors that the Camden police were crossing lines in their treatment of Camden residents. The Camden County Communications office (Dan Keashen) reached out to me to refute Chris’ take. I want to share those emails, and my analysis of the rumors surrounding police brutality.  First, here … Continue reading Camden County says, “It was a good arrest.”…

Posted by Stephen Danley in Camden, Camden Chatter.

Camden Chatter: Metro Police – Menace or Asset?

“Camden Chatter” is a series of blog posts by Rutgers-Camden Ph.D. Candidate Christopher Wheeler on the “chatter” on social media about Camden. Here are his thoughts on the past week’s top stories:  (Editor’s Note: Chris mentioned that much of the discussion was in response to this video of an ugly encounter for more on that, see … Continue reading Camden Chatter: Metro Police – Menace or Asset?…

Posted by Stephen Danley in Camden, Camden Chatter, Community Voice, Local Knowledge.

Policies as Package Deals

My colleague Dr. Andrew Seligsohn’s treatise on the strengths of a regional approach (i.e. Metro Police) to the drug issue in Camden sparked a bit of a discussion in the comments section (which I love to see). That discussion touched on one of the issues I find most critical in the discussion of current urban … Continue reading Policies as Package Deals…

Posted by Stephen Danley in Camden, Local Knowledge.

Camden Chatter: Waterfront Overtime

“Camden Chatter” is a series of blog posts by Rutgers-Camden PhD Candidate Christopher Wheeler on the “chatter” on social media about Camden. Here are his thoughts on the past week’s top stories (Editor’s note: I’ll be sharing and writing about a neighborhood perspective on this later in the week that shows the negative impacts such … Continue reading Camden Chatter: Waterfront Overtime…

Posted by Stephen Danley in Camden, Camden Chatter.