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Curtis Sliwa: “We so desperately need 7,000 new cops.”

Featuring: Curtis Sliwa, Conservative | Radio Talk Show Host, Former Candidate, Mayor of New York City

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Published | Video Starts at 56:20

And you want to have social workers go out there and risk their life. And by the way, they're not going to get the results that a trained professional police officer can get. That's why We so desperately need 7,000 new cops. We'll use the Boston model, which is pay now in lieu of taxes. They do it at Harvard University and the other university will raise a billion dollars, get them … (56:20–56:24)

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