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“Good news is not news. Bad news sells. Confrontation sells. And that's what the press is always looking for. I'm not bragging, but I have the highest job-approval rating of any public official in the city. And I've had it consistently. The approval rating for the police department is 70 percent. This notion that stop-and-frisk has torn the community apart is false.”

Quote by Raymond Kelly

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Raymond Kelly, born on September 4, 1941, is an American police officer. He held several high-ranking positions in the New York City Police Department and was instrumental in pushing for various police reforms during his tenure. more

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