Camden County Police Department
| Camden County Police Department | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | CCPD |
| Motto | Service Before Self |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | May 1, 2013 |
| Preceding agency | |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Camden, New Jersey, USA |
| Foreground: Camden County, New Jersey, with the City of Camden highlighted. Background: New Jersey, with Camden County highlighted. | |
| Size | 11.4 square miles (30 km2) |
| Population | 77,344 |
| Governing body | Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | 800 Federal St. Camden, NJ 08103 |
| Officers | 401 |
| Ambassadors | 70-100 |
| Agency executive |
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| Facilities | |
| Mobile observation platforms | Sky Patrol |
| Website | |
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The Camden County Police Department (CCPD) is a county police department providing law enforcement services to the city of Camden, Camden County, New Jersey and as of October 1, 2024 Woodlynne, New Jersey; replacing its police department due to staffing shortage.. The Camden County Police Department was formed on May 1, 2013. It is the successor to the Camden Police Department.
Then-chief Scott Thomson used the disbanding and replacement to transform the department's policies. Camden's new department has been called "a model" of how to reform police departments. It is sometimes referred to as the Metro Division even though, unlike many other metropolitan police forces in the United States, it presently does not patrol outside of the city. As a "county police" force, the department is available to all municipalities in Camden County on a voluntary basis; however, no other municipalities within Camden County have announced plans to join the county police district.
Journalist Ryan Cooper described Camden's County Police as an example of community policing following the example of Nordic countries.