Camden Police department
1967-1968

On this page you will find a roster of police officers compiled sometime after June of 1967 and before August of 1968, when Keith Kauffman was Public Safety Director and Harold Melleby was Chief of Police. A few of the senior officers on this roster are also named on a police roster from 1949 kept by Sergeant William Schultz of the Camden Police Department, which can be seen by clicking HERE. Sergeant Schultz  passed away in October of 1986.

The dated were established through news articles. Detectives August Balzano, Robert Mentz, David Del Rossi, Isaiah Pitts, John Phoenix, and Gilbert Upshaw had been promoted to that rank in July of 1967, while Officer Elwood Ridge, who joined the force in August of 1968 is not listed. 

The list included addresses and phone numbers. I will list addresses only if I know the party is deceased or no longer has a connection to it, or if the building no longer is standing..

Links to pages with profiles of former Camden police officers can be found here and on the Interesting People of Camden NJ page. 

Click HERE to see the 1949 roster.  

Please contact me by e-mail with any comments or questions

Phil Cohen
September 2006

Thanks to Bob Bartosz for his help in creating this page.