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Dr. A. Haines Lippincott, surgeon to the Camden police and fire departments, submitted recommendations approved by City Council, including schools, medical surveys and firearms instruction. Nine men, among them Traffic Officer Raymond Stark, were expected to retire on disability.
A fight between rival gangs at Louis and Sycamore streets in August 1913 drew about fifty participants; several men were held in bail or jailed for disorderly conduct, and Policeman Cornog lost his badge in the melee.
Policeman Camillus Appley of the Seventh Ward, held for court on a charge of assault and battery on saloonkeeper William Laute at Seventh and Fairview Streets, was suspended pending an inquiry by the Police Committee of City Council.
Thousands attended the funeral of Camden Chief of Police John Foster in March 1906; among the donors of floral tributes was John Carroll.
Matthew Menders of 830 South Third Street was pinned beneath his overturned wagon and nearly smothered in broken eggs when his horse ran away at Mt. Ephraim Avenue and Mt. Vernon Street.
Philadelphia Inquirer - March 1, 1905 Attacked at Third and Mickle street s, Camden, late Monday night by a man, Mrs. Bessie O. Day, of Seventh and Clinton streets , had her clothing cut in strips.