In part one, PERF Executive Director Chuck Wexler speaks with former Chief Scott Thomson, who was the first chief of the new department, about the state of crime and community trust in the beginning before the reform and the actions taken to rebuild reform the department.
Speakers (4) in order of appearance:
- Dustin Waters, PERF Editor and Audio Engineer
- Rachel Apfelbaum, PERF Writer, Producer, and Narrator
- Chuck Wexler, PERF Executive Director
- Scott Thomson, former chief of Camden County (NJ) Police Department
Article on Camden County (NJ) Police Department:
- “Camden County Police Marks 10 Years of Patrolling the City” – P.Kenneth Burns, PBS, May 2023 - https://whyy.org/articles/camden-county-police-ten-year-anniversary/
This podcast series is part of the Critical Issues in Policing series, supported by the Motorola Solutions Foundation.
Thanks for listening to PERFcast, the official podcast of the Police Executive Research Forum. For more information on PERF, visit www.policeforum.org.
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