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Camden NJ, Fires Entire Police Force; Why Cities are Going Bankrupt

Pat68 Wrote: Aug 11, 2012 1:41 AM

Cops & firefighters are blue-collar jobs that pay relatively little money -- in Arizona I know that firefighters only make $25,000 a year. These are the kinds of jobs we should be fighting for in America. Before you know it everyone except top executives will be working for minimum wage with no health care and no pension -- is that what we want in America.

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Camden NJ, Fires Entire Police Force; Why Cities are Going Bankrupt

In an effort to rein in costs, the city of Camden NJ will fire its entire 270 member police force and instead will use Camden County officers.

Mayor Dana Redd and Police Chief Scott Thomson noted that for the same price, Camden can have 400 county officers on staff. That is nearly a 50% increase in the number of officers for the same price.

Of course the unions are howling.

In these cases, the county typically hires most or...

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