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

4.4 • 870 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.

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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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