Camden, N.J. wasn't just the poorest city in the nation last year, it also had the highest crime rate in the country.

Here, America Tonight correspondent Adam May speaks with a 20-year-old rookie cop from the suburbs who has just started working a beat in Parkside, a Camden neighborhood with its fair share of violent crime. Parkside residents aren't used to seeing police officers walking patrol on foot -- a new tactic since the city disbanded its force and handed policing duties to the county.

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