Camden Police Chief Scott Thomson said in an e-mailed statement that the cameras have allowed the department "to conduct virtual patrols and to identify situations and individuals involved in disorderly behavior, and quickly deploy officers to those locations to prevent crime from occurring. . . . I believe that integrating camera technology with old-fashioned community policing, which has proven to be successful here and in other communities, is something that you will see more police departments across the nation doing in the years to come."