Anonymous Submission to Jersey Counter-Info
As of the week of June 2, 2025, Cherry Hill police remote camera centers have been spotted at the Cherry Hill Home Depot located at 2160 Route 70 West.
So far there have been no reports from the Cherry Hill Police, Home Depot, or mainstream media about the supposed purpose of the remote camera center. This new development however comes directly after talk from the federal government for ICE and local police departments to begin crack downs on suspected undocumented immigrants at Home Depot and 7 Eleven locations.
Any explanation from the police, state, corporate entities, or the mainstream media about the camera system should be assessed with extreme caution as it is likely dubious. Community members in the area have expressed concern about the camera’s purpose as it doesn’t match the store or police’s response for “loss prevention”. Home Depot store policy dictates they do not actively pursue potential shoplifters and instead utilize their own in-store cameras and the police to catch people after the fact.
The Cherry Hill police have a long history of collaboration with ICE, with ICE even having a former field office located in Cherry Hill, NJ. Currently ICE operates 25 official field offices across the United States, two of which are in driving distance located in Newark, NJ and Philadelphia, PA. ICE also operates several sub-field offices across the state of NJ including one in Mt. Laurel which is located near Cherry Hill.
Any police camera centers, especially around places the federal government has deemed as heavily trafficked by undocumented immigrants, should be treated with caution and reported to area antifascists.