Just a warning before we get started, this episode has some strong language.

Hey, I'm Kelly McEvers and this is Embedded from NPR.

One day we were walking in downtown Yonkers with police commissioner John Muller.

It was the usual day with him rushing from one meeting to the next, saying hi to all kinds of

people along the way. Hey, what's up, Reverend Wendy? How you doing, brother?

And at one point we walked past a black woman who is lying on the sidewalk.

She's either asleep or passed out or maybe she has overdosed.

So what are you doing in that deal? What a cool call.

This of course is a dumb question. The guy who runs the police is going to call the police.

I think I saw Craig, uh,

acting strived by so. That's an officer he saw out in control.

Hey Craig, you were out in the bell, bro?

Hey, I got someone passed out opposite the Wells Fargo at 12, uh, uh, yeah.

Thanks, man. All right, bye.

A man walking by stops and tries to wake the woman up to warn her that authorities will become you.

Then a cop shows up. He's white. Hey, Jimmy, she's just on the other side of the street.

Thanks, bro. And in these situations, Muller says the cops will revive the woman if they can

or call an ambulance if she needs one. In this case, Muller is satisfied. The woman will

get the help she needs. But as he starts walking, I have to ask him a question. A lot of people

are asking right now. That woman. What does she need? Probably right now.

In that moment when you, hey, you called the cops. You are the cops, but you, you can call in the cops.

Yeah, she needs a cop. Uh, well, the question is, who else do we call? You know,

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