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On the recordMay 3, 2015
I think one of the answers is one of the guest you have in the room right now, a great police chief that understands that any time you have -- what we do in America now, my office is stand on corners and wait for something bad to happen and respond, no. That officer should be proactive.
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Parmenio Adams
Democratic · New York

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Eric Adams advocates for proactive policing rather than reactive responses to crime.

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