Curtis Sliwa: “We only have 32,500 [police officers].”

“And the mayor has done little of anything other than to say what we're experienc is a anomaly. And you say to yourself, address the issue. Well, We only have 32,500 [police officers]. I have a plan to get 7,000 more cops into the streets where they're desperately needed and into the subways and into the parks. We have the beginning of school.” (02:58–03:02)

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