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Police Off The Cuff/Real Crime Stories

Mayor Mamdani and his promises to New Yorkers as he takes office.

Police Off The Cuff/Real Crime Stories

Bill Cannon Police off the Cuff/Real Crime Stories

Law Enforcement, Crime, True Crime, Military

4.4870 Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

The New York City Police Department has an annual budget of over 5 billion dollars and is one of the largest police forces in the world. So, why are its officers spending a huge chunk of their time responding to thousands of mental health crisis calls—situations many aren't extensively trained for? This question has sparked a fierce debate about the future of policing in the city. And right in the middle of it is Zohran Mamdani, New York's Mayor-elect and one of the most prominent progressive voices in city politics.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Good evening, everyone, and welcome to police off the cuff, real crime stories.

0:12.2

I'm your host, retired NYPD Sergeant Bill Cannon, a 27-year veteran of the NYPD.

0:17.7

Guys, it's so great to be back.

0:21.1

I did a show yesterday on how the police off-the-cuff podcast got hacked, and we were

0:27.8

down for nearly two weeks.

0:29.3

I was afraid I was going to lose my channel and not be able to get it back, lose five

0:34.7

and a half to six years of work, hard work, over 3,000 shows. And it was really

0:42.1

difficult to get the channel back. And without two individuals from a company called Grow You

0:51.6

Media who were with me every step of the way.

0:56.2

And I paid them to make me video shorts.

0:59.8

And when this happened, they were just invaluable.

1:03.4

I could not have gotten this channel back without them.

1:05.9

I am definitely no computer, have basic competency.

1:12.3

And to retrieve this channel, you needed much, much more than just basic competency.

1:18.6

And again, I want to thank Anand and Tanu.

1:22.3

They're both from India, as you probably recognize their names.

1:25.3

They did an incredible, incredible job.

1:27.6

And I want to thank all of our fans, all of our subscribers, all of our friends who were

1:32.9

rooting for us.

1:33.5

I couldn't even communicate with you because the hacker had also hacked both of my

1:38.1

email addresses.

1:39.8

And I couldn't even, the only way I could communicate was making memes and posting them on Facebook

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