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On the recordDecember 4, 2014
All of the police agencies in our country, you spend a large number of time training, six months for the NYPD, but once you hit the streets, you receive the indoctrination of those who are in the precincts, particularly being communities of color, and they basically give you the symbol - signal - turning out what you learn in the street, but that is not the same application, when you go to communities that are doing financially well.
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Parmenio Adams
Democratic · New York

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Eric Adams explains the disconnect between police training and its application in different communities.

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