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(tv program) Revisit 'old-school' police programs Revisit 'old-
school' police programs  The recent influx of citizen unrest due
to a rash of officer-related homicides has left the American
citizenry skeptical of the greater good police departments bring
to communities nationwide, especially that of traditionally
violent neighborhoods that tend to have a majority of minority
residents. And while these atrocious acts of injustice have left
our leaders clueless as to how to effectively move forward the
very constituencies they are elected to represent, it leaves an
obvious void of ineffective leadership that has largely silenced
the intellectual voices of opposition that continues to grow
with each case of injustice. As an 81-year old public servant
who has spent more than...