Quotes
05:53 "We've seen very rapidly the Defund the Police movement, the effects it has had on these cities, what it's done in just a short period of time. And what people need to realize is it's gonna take 10x the resources, 10x the money, and 10x the time to gain that ground back."
06:43 "I'm always open for conversations about law enforcement. We should always be talking about law enforcement: how can we do things better, how can we improve policies? But we need to start that conversation from a place of fact, not fiction..."
13:31 "We are seeing these liberal prosecutors that are more interested in prosecuting cops than they are in putting actual criminals in jail."
19:44 "Mostly why we become police officers, you know that feeling, that gut instinct that we wanna run towards that danger to help others? They do it just in different ways. There are millions of Americans out there like that, and those are the people we need to focus on."
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SUMMARY
In this episode of the National Police Association Podcast, Sgt Betsy interviews NYPD Det. Rob O'Donnell (Ret.) Law Enforcement Media Contributor seen on Fox/Newsmax/OANN/LET. New York City was formerly considered as the safest large city in the United States. Because of the supportive structure from the cops to the higher-ups, it had become the nationwide model of proactive policing. But as de-policing happened in several large American cities following accusations of misconduct by police officers, crime rates have taken a sharp turn for the worse.
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HIGHLIGHTS
01:35 Pro-active policing on NYC then and now
06:20 Law enforcement conversations should start from a place of fact, not fiction
09:17 Pro-active policing landed up in prosecution
15:24 Rob recounts the 9/11 tragedy
20:46 How to connect with Rob
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