New Jersey Cities Firing Cops Amid Budget Turmoil
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Newark Mayor Cory Booker began firing 15 percent of his police department today, illustrating the actions that cities in the second-wealthiest U.S. state are being forced to take to confront lower aid and tax revenue.
The 167 dismissals in Newark, New Jersey’s largest city, come as Camden Mayor Dana Redd won approval to cut the police force by almost half, eight days after CQ Press rated her town the second most-dangerous U.S. city. Paterson, New Jersey’s third most-populous city, may boost the property-tax bill on a typical home to $6,819 from $3,896, according to information filed with the state’s Division of Local Government Services.