Parmenio Adams said "But we have Eric Adams who is now the borough president of Brooklyn, 22 year veteran NYPD (INAUDIBLE) captain. He was saying that, you know, what he learned in the academy was different than once he got on the job and he had veteran officer saying, I'm going to show you how the real police - that the way he learned to police in communities, African-American communities was different than he would police on Park Avenue." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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But we have Eric Adams who is now the borough president of Brooklyn, 22 year veteran NYPD (INAUDIBLE) captain. He was saying that, you know, what he learned in the academy was different than once he got on the job and he had veteran officer saying, I'm going to show you how the real police - that the way he learned to police in communities, African-American communities was different than he would police on Park Avenue.

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Parmenio Adams

Democratic · New York

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Eric Adams discusses the differences in policing strategies learned in the academy versus on the job, particularly in African-American communities.

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