in the city in November’s general election. “We want to have our say when it comes to our community,” said Vance Bowman, a member of the Citizens Community Committee for Public Safety, a newly formed group opposed to the plan, which led the petition drive. http://bit.ly/yIoISm
Petition hopes to force referendum on Camden County police department
Police union officials and civic activists in Camden said they delivered 3,500 signatures to the city clerk Wednesday in an effort to force a referendum on a controversial plan to abolish the city police force and replace it with a county department. Under state law, such a petition needs to have 900 valid signatures – 15 percent of the turnout
