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"A lot of parents feel because we're cops we don't understand," [Paula Castro] said. Motioning to her partner, a smile crept across her face and she added, "But our children do the exact same things so we know, trust me, we know."
"And let's not forget what you owe your mother," Castro said with folded arms, a smile nowhere to be found on her face. "Let's be honest: It's not like you can stand here and tell your mother to trust you because you've made all the right choices in the past-we know that's not true."I feel like I've been a good mom and a good cop, though it's been hard to balance both," [Cox] said. "And I know what I do counts," she added.While the public perception of the job of a police officer centers around handcuffs, these two mothers illustrate just how important building and maintaining a relationship with the community is for a modern police force. The patrol car parked in front of one of Harlem's apartment complexes and the two officers got out in the noonday sun.See the full content of this document
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Two Veterans Keep Harlem's Youth Safe
"We have a different relationship with the kids than most officers," Paula Castro said, flashing her thousandwatt smile as she and her partner rode through the streets of Harlem's 28th Precinct on a recent August afternoon. "They trust us; they know that we are here to help," she added.
"As parents, we nurture o...See the full content of this document
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