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America’s Drug Crisis Demands Police-Community Unity

America’s Drug Crisis Demands Police-Community Unity
Police patrol an area which has witnessed an explosion in the use of K2 or 'Spice', a synthetic marijuana drug, in East Harlem in New York City on Sept. 16, 2015. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Vincent J. Bove
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Police-community unity is critical to maintaining law, order, and civility in American society.

As detailed in my May 1, 2015 Epoch Times article, “Principles of American Policing,” the heart of policing is police-community cohesiveness.

The article serves as a clarion call to build bridges of trust that cultivate police-community collaboration.

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Police patrol a park in a neighborhood with a high rate of poverty and illegal drug use in New York City on Oct. 14, 2016. Staten Island, a New York City borough, is in the grip of a heroin crisis which has claimed hundreds of lives and turned some neighborhoods into drug markets. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Police patrol a park in a neighborhood with a high rate of poverty and illegal drug use in New York City on Oct. 14, 2016. Staten Island, a New York City borough, is in the grip of a heroin crisis which has claimed hundreds of lives and turned some neighborhoods into drug markets. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Vincent J. Bove
Vincent J. Bove
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Vincent J. Bove, CPP, is a national speaker and author on issues critical to America. Bove is a recipient of the FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award for combating crime and violence and is a former confidant of the New York Yankees. His newest book is “Listen to Their Cries.” For more information, see www.vincentbove.com