Detectives Endowment Association President Michael J. Palladino last month submitted testimony on police and the use of force on behalf of the National Association of Police Organizations to the House Judiciary Committee for a Sept. 18 hearing on those subjects, although he was unable to appear before the panel. Excerpts of the remarks, which he was also making in his capacity as the president of the National Police Defense Foundation, are reprinted here with his permission:
If you have not noticed, the City of New York is slowly coming apart at the seams, and it is not because of the lack of effort by the brave men and women of the NYPD. Unfortunately, things are unraveling as a result of the political agenda and actions of our elected officials in New York City and our state capitol, Albany.
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