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25. Think paramilitaries. Xe, whoever. Thanks, patriot/teabaggers, you are the fascist party.

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"Most Dangerous City in America" Is Disbanding Its Current Police Force [View all] Judi Lynn Sep 2012 OP

good luck, camden. nt xchrom Sep 2012 #1

Everything's going according to plan: blkmusclmachine Sep 2012 #31

i don't wish the city that does that to the police union luck. iemitsu Sep 2012 #55

Wow. Just when I thought nothing could surprise me anymore. aikoaiko Sep 2012 #2

it's a Republican wet dream choie Sep 2012 #3

I betting that AsahinaKimi Sep 2012 #22

I'm betting Christie has ownership in several private security firms. geckosfeet Sep 2012 #29

Chances are good that either Christie does or Lydia Leftcoast Sep 2012 #60

Oh, that's not going to go well. Snarkoleptic Sep 2012 #4

Think paramilitaries. Xe, whoever. Thanks, patriot/teabaggers, you are the fascist party. freshwest Sep 2012 #25

yea it's the union contract. assssholes leftyohiolib Sep 2012 #5

When you fire people who have worked in an area - police in this case - you lose all your byeya Sep 2012 #6

+1 Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel Sep 2012 #45

True. And you thought the replacement refs screwed up the NFL bad enough. alp227 Oct 2012 #70

Police seen as part of the problem, not solution: tama Sep 2012 #7

Free drugs for all addicts? DonCoquixote Sep 2012 #59

Yep tama Sep 2012 #62

It is one thing to legalize drugs DonCoquixote Sep 2012 #67

smack tama Oct 2012 #68

OWS MysticLynx Sep 2012 #8

Bet the NYPD already knows it. They got $4.6 million from JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, etc: freshwest Sep 2012 #34

Fools. nt bemildred Sep 2012 #9

I don't know NJ law, or for that matter how it relates with unions... mwooldri Sep 2012 #10

We should broadcast this low and high...to anyone you know who is in law enforcement Taverner Sep 2012 #11

Oh in this case some of the onus might be with the police themselves. cstanleytech Sep 2012 #15

You are correct - however, it also shows that the police are no longer the "protected" union Taverner Sep 2012 #19

But there again by not showing up to do the job cstanleytech Sep 2012 #42

A lot of the blame for public pension failures can be placed on the federal reserve. Cronkite Sep 2012 #12

The Fed is engaging in interest rate suppression and pension funds; private citizens - a high % byeya Sep 2012 #17

Bernanke is doing what he can and has pleaded Lucky Luciano Sep 2012 #23

Blame the unions as usual obamanut2012 Sep 2012 #13

Ah yes. Hire poorly paid cops who will supplement their wages with bribes and extortion. McCamy Taylor Sep 2012 #14

I would lay odds on that. ancianita Sep 2012 #16

Poorly paid? cstanleytech Sep 2012 #18

You should hope your brother is some day paid what the cops are obamanut2012 Sep 2012 #20

This X1000 ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2012 #27

Cops are special case tama Sep 2012 #36

Oh I do and I also hope to hit the lottery but the odds of either happening are cstanleytech Sep 2012 #38

Police corruption, bribery, etc. are likely results daleo Sep 2012 #21

If you read the whole article tama Sep 2012 #26

That may be, but making low wages would almost certainly make things worse daleo Sep 2012 #33

Yes, not a step towards better direction tama Sep 2012 #35

I agree that the drug war causes more problems than it solves daleo Sep 2012 #37

So, any better ideas tama Sep 2012 #43

It's a hard question daleo Sep 2012 #47

Hmm tama Sep 2012 #49

Police corruption and bribery seems to be the present reality hack89 Sep 2012 #44

Underpaid cops in the most dangerous city in the US. lunatica Sep 2012 #24

Underpaid? PavePusher Sep 2012 #40

What wage do you think they should make? neverforget Sep 2012 #50

I really have no idea, I haven't made a study of police pay scales. PavePusher Sep 2012 #65

400 Mall Cops ThoughtCriminal Sep 2012 #28

Substitute refs in the NFL and substitute police in NJ - talk about a bad play book. Tigress DEM Sep 2012 #30

yup. Shadowflash Sep 2012 #56

Makes me wonder if Detroit is next. sarcasmo Sep 2012 #32

I hope you mean that in a concerned way navarth Sep 2012 #39

I hope that new company, Omni Consumer Products, can fix things in Detroit. Pterodactyl Sep 2012 #41

Thanks, I hope so too but navarth Sep 2012 #46

here's hoping the nonunion officers are better than the nonunion NFL refs wordpix Sep 2012 #48

They'll get what they pay for Warpy Sep 2012 #51

Most dangerous city in America, just got more dangerous. Kalidurga Sep 2012 #52

How necessary is Police Department? tama Sep 2012 #53

My experience with Camden cops is that they are a loutish, thuggish bunch. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2012 #54

True but like the article points out without a safer environment getting companies to cstanleytech Sep 2012 #57

Only jobs coming are rent-a-cop jobs. nt valerief Sep 2012 #64

Camden has been in severe FlaGranny Sep 2012 #58

Occupy Camden tama Sep 2012 #63

I think something like that is the only real answer. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2012 #66

I know you mean well... sweetapogee Oct 2012 #71

Wonderful, now they will be spared police brutality treestar Sep 2012 #61

This is unsettling. Quantess Oct 2012 #69

If you liked scab referees, you'll love scab cops! KamaAina Oct 2012 #72