Camden Police Reform
Dissolving the city PD - not defunding - cut violent crime.
B · 18/24
1 · The idealist case (in its proponents' own framing)
Rebuild policing with community focus.
2 · The realist counter-case
Critics cite surveillance expansion.
3 · Predicted vs. measured — with caveats
Dissolved the city PD (2013) for a larger county force; violent crime -42-46%, homicides 67 to 25; confounders noted.
4 · Liberty check
Public safety vs. surveillance and local control.
5 · The real tradeoff
A reform success with caveats.
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