Cops, firefighters rehired

Camden officials announced Thursday that some of the police officers and firefighters who were axed in January because of a budget crisis will be back in uniform effective April 1 — without federal help and without increasing taxes.The South Jersey Port Corp., working with Gov. Chris Christie’s administration, made available $2.5 million in PILOT (or payments in lieu of taxes) money to fund the rehire 50 police officers and 15 firefighters through the end of fiscal year 2011, which ends June 30. http://bit.ly/hzsMGD