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Camden Motorcycle Police

Camden Police Department, 1910s–1950s

Camden Motorcycle Police

1910s–1940s

Camden Motorcycle Police at City Hall, 1928 Camden Police at a firehouse, 1920s Camden Police and Dignitaries on Cooper Street Camden Motorcycle Police, around 1920 Camden Motorcycle Police, 1910s Officer Anthony Scarduzio, Camden Motorcycle Police, 1920s Officer John Ferry on motorcycle duty, 30 Market Street, 1937

Photo 1: Camden Motorcycle Police at City Hall — 1928. Third from right, standing, is William Schultz.

Photo 2: Camden Police at a firehouse in Camden — 1920s. Back row, second from left: Peter Gondolf. Back row, fourth from left: Delaware Palmer.

Photo 3: Camden Police & Dignitaries on Cooper Street. Camden Mayor Gen. Winfield S. Price (1927–1931) is astride the center motorcycle. At far left, in rear, in white hat: George S. Tempest, PMC.

Photo 4: Camden Motorcycle Police — location unknown — around 1920. At far left, Officer Jeff Kay.

Photo 5: Early photo of Camden Motorcycle Police — 1910s. Officer Jeff Kay appears at far left in this photo and also at far left in Photo 4.

Photo 6: Officer Anthony Scarduzio of Camden Motorcycle Police — 1920s.

Photo 7: Officer John Ferry, on motorcycle duty in front of Camden Wallpaper Co., 30 Market Street — 1937.

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New Motorcycles for Camden Traffic Squad

Camden Courier-Post

Camden Traffic Squad with new motorcycles, City Hall, 1948

Three members of Camden Traffic Squad are shown on new motorcycle mounts which went into service this week. Left to right are Patrolmen Martin Nelson, Frank Wilmot, and Thomas Carr in front of City Hall. Seven of the new $800 vehicles were delivered to the department on Wednesday, Capt. Nathan Petit, squad commander, announced.

Officer George Jefferis

On September 5, 1951, Patrolman George Jefferis, veteran motorcycle officer on Camden’s police force, became the second Camden policeman to die in the line of duty, when he passed away as a result of injuries suffered when his motorcycle was struck by a car on the Admiral Wilson Boulevard.

Camden Motorcycle Police on Broadway

1950s — North of Jackson Street

Camden Motorcycle Police on Broadway, 1950s

Camden Motorcycle Police on Broadway, north of Jackson Street — 1950s.

Thanks to Ray Garrison for his help in constructing this page.

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