Summer was homicide-free in Camden for 1st time in half

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The City of Camden, New Jersey experienced a summer with zero homicides for the first time in approximately 50 years.

Officials credit the drop in crime to increased community engagement, a new drone program and the efforts of officers in the Camden County Police Department.

Since the county police department took over in 2013, homicides in the city have been reduced by 64%.

The City of Camden has experienced a homicide-free summer for the first time in approximately a half-century.

From the official start date of summer June 20 to the official end date of summer Sept. 22, there were zero reported homicides — a feat that's not happened since the 1970s.

“Growing up in this city and working as a police officer here I don’t ever remember a time period where we went t