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Philadelphia Inquirer

Posted on Fri, Mar. 04, 2005

Camden group holding phone conferences on safety

A Camden watchdog group announced yesterday that it would hold a series of telephone conferences to discuss the pending Camden police contract and other public-safety issues. The Alliance for the Revitalization of Camden City was to hold its first phone conference last night.

City Council was poised to ratify the police contract last month when, at the last minute, Attorney General Peter Harvey had the pact tabled for two weeks. He told Camden chief operating officer Melvin "Randy" Primas in a letter that he had not had enough time to study the contract.

The contract would continue the scheduling of rotating shifts. Physician Jeffrey Brenner, cochairman of the alliance's public-safety working group, said rotating shifts were unhealthy and caused officers to live in a perpetual state of jet lag.

The next conferences are scheduled for noon Saturday and noon Tuesday. To participate, dial 1-888-346-3950, enter 243911 and hit #. Further information can be found on the alliance's blog at http://camdenpublicsafety.blogspot.com.

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Sam Wood
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