The most corrupt city in America has to be Camden, NJ. Well maybe Newark but that's for another day. Check this out:

Though the situation today is entirely different, the department's policy of taking over these cars has raised questions again. How did a 1998 Lincoln Town Car, reported stolen from a Pennsauken man in January, become the new "mayormobile"?

The Camden County Prosecutor's Office is reviewing how the police department acquired the car that was later assigned to Mayor Gwendolyn A. Faison.

The car was reported stolen from Robert Vinis on Jan. 9 and recovered that same day in Camden. City authorities say they followed all state-mandated procedures in trying to contact the owner and lien holder. But Vinis said he found out only from the Courier-Post on July 24, that his car had been found.

State Farm Insurance paid Vinis $14,000 for his loss this spring.

When a stolen or abandoned car goes unclaimed and can be auctioned, the police department has the right to acquire it for city use.

But wait, it gets better:

Faison and Camden police officials maintain there was no wrongdoing in obtaining the Lincoln for the mayor's use. The city paid about $3,000 for tinted windows, four new tires and a black paint job - the car was white when the city found it. Faison has had the car since June 27.Monaco said there was nothing wrong with the white paint job when it came to the tow yard in January.

Councilman Israel Nieves last week urged the prosecutor's office to look into the situation.

"The mayor is in complete denial of this issue and a lot of issues," Nieves said. "I think there's some negligence happening in the police department."

Pugh said he doesn't think there is anything criminal in the department's policy, but said it should be reviewed.

"You have many procedures in place and when they appear to be violated it's necessary for you to take an in-house look. No one did anything wrong but you have a bad policy," Pugh said. "I think the policy of utilizing stolen cars, especially outside of the police department, is a bad policy."

He said, "One thing I came to learn early on is you can be right and you can be wrong all at the same time."

I'll say, they actually tinted the windows and painted it. They got the certified letter back unopened and still didn't do due diligence in finding the rightful owner. Reminds me of a story from my old haunt:

The TV Show 60 minutes once ran the license plates of cars belonging to Mexico Federal Police Agents at a facility just over the El Paso border. The majority of those agents' personal vehicles were stolen from the U.S.