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Karen Bass: “We did a marketing campaign, and we've had more people…”

Featuring: Karen Bass, Democratic | Mayor of Los Angeles | California

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Mayor Karen Bass Interview

Published | Video Starts at 17:11

And the biggest impediment, I think conventional wisdom was, well, no one wants to be a cop anymore. And so recruitment is down. That's not true. We did a marketing campaign, and we've had more people trying to be police officers. You know, over 1200 recruits at one point. I don't know what the latest numbers are. They just couldn't get through our bureaucratic hiring process. (17:11–17:17)

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Asserts that a marketing campaign increased interest in becoming police officers.

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