Jessica Ramos: “They're spending money on robots and drones and not on…”

“I'll tell you, when I talk to some of my police officers and sergeants and, you know, police officials, they. They'll tell me that training is not the same. The resources they're receiving are not the same. They're spending money on robots and drones and not on training and equipment that the NYPD need. I mean, if they need the directive to go in there and arrest these traffickers who are exploiting women and perhaps even penalties for the landlords that allow for this to happen in their buildings, well, then that's what we're going to do.” (04:29–04:36)

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