New policemen to fill ranks in Camden By GEORGE MAST Courier-Post Staff For the first time in almost four years, the Camden Police Department is hiring officers. On Thursday, 49 Camden police recruits began their 20 weeks of physical and mental training required to be on the force. At the same time, department officials continued with plans to bring on 25 officers by the end of February through ...

By Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY Twenty-six police agencies in 16 states are barred from receiving shares of $1 billion in federal stimulus money to hire more officers after misusing millions of dollars in prior aid, Justice Department documents show. The Amtrak Police Department and agencies in two New Jersey cities, Newark and Camden, are among the largest departments barred from getting new aid for ...