Zohran Mamdani: “About 200 officers were leaving [the police] department…”

“And to me, we keep talking about if we're gonna hire more police officers and yet there isn't a recognition of the fact that when I started this race, About 200 officers were leaving [the police] department every month. Now it's 350 a month. 350amonth. How are you going to get more people to apply for the job if it's so difficult to do? I think the first thing is that you make sure that it's a job that's possible to fulfill.” (07:22–07:27)

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