Camden County Police Department

What Camden County Police Department does

Camden County Police Department (CCPD) is a public-sector law enforcement agency established in 2013, replacing the prior Camden City Police Department as part of a municipal reform initiative. It operates under Camden County Government and provides policing services to the City of Camden, New Jersey, with a contract arrangement extending service to the Borough of Woodlynne via the Woodlynne Division (200 Cooper Ave.). The department is led by Chief Gabriel Rodriguez and is organized around the "Unity Policing" model, which integrates officers, residents, and community leaders in collaborative crime prevention and public safety delivery. Headquartered at 800 Federal Street, Camden, CCPD is funded through public tax revenue and county government appropriations rather than commercial revenue.

The agency's core service offerings include emergency 911 response, a 24-hour tip line, and a suite of community engagement programs. Technology components consist of body-worn cameras deployed across the full officer corps (with a published BWC policy) and the third-party STOPIt mobile application, which enables residents to submit anonymous crime tips using the access code CAMDENNJ. Specialized units include the Real-Time Crime Center, Strategic Deployment Unit, and Criminal Intelligence. The Village Initiative encompasses youth programming such as Open Gym basketball nights, curfew sweeps, and the Metro Fun Night carnival. The ARRIVE Together Program, launched in 2021, co-responds to mental health emergencies by pairing mental health professionals (via Oaks Integrated Care) with law enforcement officers. A Community Card scorecard provides public transparency on citywide crime statistics.

CCPD pursues CALEA accreditation through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies and maintains a multi-channel community presence across Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn, and TikTok. Strategic partnerships include a $120,000 three-year commitment from the Philadelphia 76ers Youth Foundation supporting youth programming (2024). The agency is currently hiring across sworn and civilian roles. As a government entity, CCPD has no traditional revenue model, no disclosed budget, and is entirely publicly held under Camden County Government with no private equity, venture, or individual ownership interests.

Name

Camden County Police Department

Legal name

Camden County Police Department

Website

https://camdencountypd.org

Company type

Public

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Camden County Police Department is a publicly funded law enforcement agency serving Camden City and the Borough of Woodlynne, New Jersey, operating under a Unity Policing model that integrates body-worn cameras, the STOPIt anonymous tip app, and community programs such as the Village Initiative, Open Gym, and ARRIVE Together mental health co-response.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Safety and Law Enforcement Services

NAICS

Police Protection (922120)

SIC

Services-Detective, Guard & Armored Car Services (7381)

akta.pro primary industry

Police Services (Patrol, Response & Community Policing) (BPAIAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Community Safety Administration (Fire/EMS, Emergency Management) (BPAIACAL)

Keywords

• Law enforcement services
• Community policing
• Public safety programs
• Mental health response
• Crime reporting tools

Headquarters

HQ city

Camden

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

The Camden County Police Department provides municipal law enforcement, public safety, and community policing services to the City of Camden and the Borough of Woodlynne through its Unity Policing model. Its deliverables include emergency 911 response, patrol, body-worn-camera-augmented accountability, anonymous tip intake via the STOPIt app, mental health co-response (ARRIVE Together), youth engagement (Village Initiative, Open Gym, Cops & Bobbers), and public crime statistics through the Community Card.

Product overview

The Camden County Police Department operates as a law enforcement agency offering public safety services through its Unity Policing Model—a community-focused policing approach that emphasizes partnerships between officers, residents, and community leaders. The department's core products include body-worn cameras for all officers and the STOPIt anonymous tip reporting app. Its community engagement programs, collectively supported through the Village Initiative, include Open Gym basketball nights, youth mentorship, curfew enforcement, and special events like Cops & Bobbers fishing and National Night Out celebrations. The department also operates the ARRIVE Together mental health partnership program and offers employment opportunities including sworn officer positions (SLEO I, SLEO II, Police Officer) and civilian roles in crime analysis and intelligence. A Community Card transparency tool provides public access to crime statistics.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Unity Policing Model A community policing approach that harnesses the collective power of officers, residents, and community leaders to prevent crime, promote safety, and improve society through partnerships and collaboration. It is the department's overarching service philosophy.
• STOPIt Anonymous Tip App Anonymous tip reporting mobile application allowing residents to submit crime tips via text message. Users download the app and use access code CAMDENNJ to report issues anonymously. Available on iOS and Google Play.
• Body-Worn Camera Program All officers are equipped with body-worn cameras to document interactions and ensure accountability, with a published BWC policy available for public review.
• Village Initiative Community engagement program including curfew sweeps, crime prevention, and youth resource provision. Includes Open Gym basketball nights, weekend activities, and partnerships with community organizations.
• ARRIVE Together Program Partnership between mental health professionals and law enforcement designed to provide mental health services and support to individuals experiencing mental health emergencies or in need of mental health/behavioral health services.
• Open Gym Basketball Program Weekly basketball program providing safe spaces for youth to play and interact with officers, expanded with $120,000 donation from Philadelphia 76ers Youth Foundation over three years.
• Police Employment Programs Career opportunities including SLEO I, SLEO II (School Law Enforcement Officers), full-time Police Officer, and Civilian positions in areas such as Real-Time Crime Center, Strategic Deployment Unit, and Criminal Intelligence.
• Unity Engagement Team Community team focused on engagement activities, neighborhood partnerships, and connecting residents with department resources and programs.
• Community Card (Scorecard) Public transparency tool providing statistical crime data including citywide crimes, violent crimes, total crimes, crime rate per 100,000 citizens, and crime rate per 1,000 citizens.

Quantifiable outcome

• Continued trend of decreased crime rates

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Feature3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Philadelphia Police Department: Philadelphia PD serves the immediately adjacent metropolitan area across the Delaware River from Camden, shares the same regional crime dynamics, and is the natural geographic peer for cross-jurisdictional comparison.
• New Jersey State Police: The New Jersey State Police provide overlapping patrol and investigative services in Camden County and have historically been involved in municipal policing contracts in New Jersey, making them a relevant state-level peer.
• Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department: CMPD is a large urban department that has invested heavily in community engagement, crisis intervention teams, and transparency dashboards — features directly comparable to CCPD's Unity Policing and Community Card.

Direct peers

• Oakland Police Department: Oakland PD is another mid-size urban department that has pursued community policing reform under federal oversight, providing a comparable case study in balancing reform mandates with operational effectiveness.
• Newark Police Department: Newark PD is a New Jersey municipal police department of comparable urban scale to Camden that has similarly pursued community policing reform, consent decree oversight, and integration of technology platforms — making it the closest jurisdictional peer.
• Pittsburgh Bureau of Police: Pittsburgh's Bureau of Police is a mid-sized municipal agency in a post-industrial city similar in profile to Camden, with comparable community policing initiatives and accreditation efforts.
• Baltimore Police Department: Baltimore PD operates under a federal consent decree and has invested heavily in community policing, body-worn cameras, and reform-era accountability measures, making it a structurally comparable urban reform peer.

Broad incumbents

• Los Angeles Police Department: LAPD is a broad incumbent with deep community policing programs, body-worn camera deployment, and mental health co-response initiatives (e.g., Systemwide Mental Assessment Response Team) that parallel CCPD's ARRIVE program.
• New York City Police Department: NYPD is a broad incumbent in municipal policing with extensive community affairs, crime analytics, and reform programs that, while operating at vastly larger scale, sets the national benchmark CCPD is implicitly compared against.

Others

• Police Executive Research Forum: PERF is a national police research and policy organization that has published guiding frameworks on community policing, use of force, and response to persons in crisis — adjacent to CCPD's reform positioning and relevant as a peer organization shaping the same reform discourse.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/CamdenCountyPD
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/CamdenCountyPolice
• Facebookfacebook.com/CamdenCountyPD
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/camden-county-police-department
• Instagraminstagram.com/camdencountypd
• TikToktiktok.com/@camdencountypd

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Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

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