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Renard Johnson: “It's taken me 36 days to figure [out the need for dignitary…”

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Mayor Renard Johnson on Entrepreneurship, Business Growth & Fixing Broken Government

Published February 27, 2025 | Video Starts at 47:34

But these guys and girls that work for the Dignitary Protection for the Office of the Mayor, their sole purpose is to make sure that no mayor under their watch gets hurt. And It's taken me 36 days to figure [out the need for dignitary protection] because we are such a safe city [El Paso]. And I'm a guy that, like Preston, I go to all parts of El Paso. It's a safe city. I go everywhere. (47:34–47:40)

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Asserts that El Paso is a safe city, which initially made the need for dignitary protection unclear.

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