Camden dissolved their city police and brought in county police - a much large force - some improvement but still high crime city.
The other ‘city’ had 250 residents and could not afford its own police so they too used the county police - no crime area and still no crime area
These are ‘fool ya’ news pieces; they are true initially, but the actual truth lies in the details.
Camden is tiny. The resulting police coverage increased by 60 percent.