Redd v. Bowman, A-5731-11T4; Appellate Division; opinion by Messano, P.J.A.D.; decided and approved for publication October 29, 2013. Before Judges Messano, Lihotz and Ostrer. On appeal from the Law Division, Camden County, L-2019-12. DDS No. 21-2-1778 [30 pp.]
The government of the city of Camden operates pursuant the Faulkner Act. This appeal involves an initiative petition and proposed ordinance filed with the Camden city clerk by defendants Vance Bowman, Larry Gilliams, Eulisis Delgado, Mary Cortes and Robert Davis, collectively known as the Committee of Petitioners. The ordinance was proposed in response to Camden’s decision to disband its municipal police department and join a newly formed county police force. The proposed initiative sought to maintain the city’s police department and prohibit the city from joining the county police department.
