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BP Adams wants NYPD to consider new tool for emotionally disturbed people

<p>Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is calling on the NYPD to consider new technology to deal with emotionally disturbed people without resorting to potentially lethal force.</p>

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Oct 11, 2018, 6:29 PM

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