This newspaper article examines policing in the Camden district of NSW. Policing was an integral part of the NSW colony, as was the building of residences for the local police constables and premises to keep offenders. Policing started in the Camden village in 1840, with the first police presence at the Nepean River crossing in 1804. With the town’s growth and the Cowpasture Bridge’s opening, a single-story brick building designed by colonial architect James Barnet was built on John Street in 1878.