No police department should hire more quickly than they can assimilat… — Daryl Gates

No police department should hire more quickly than they can assimilate the people that they bring in, and we did. I take responsibility for it. It was the first opportunity I had to hire, and I wanted to do it, and I take responsibility.

Daryl GatesPublic Servant · American · b. 1926

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