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If You Go Into Any Department Store These Days, Your Picture Is Probably Taken 30 Times. In London There Are 500,000 Cameras In Public Spaces. You Have No Expectation Of Privacy In Public Spaces.

I Think I've Had A Long, Distinguished Career In Public Service. It Just Goes To Show You What Some Politicians Will Do. They'll Say Or Do Anything To Get Elected. I Know All These People. They All Claimed To Be Friends Of Mine Up Until Their Mayoral Campaigns. They'd Call Me On The Phone And Ask For Information Or Come Over Here And Sit In This Chair To Get Briefed.

Virtually Everything I Learned About Leadership Traits And Core Values, I Learned In The Marine Corps. To This Day, I Keep A List Of The Traits In A Little Black Book, 14 Of Them, Including Integrity, Justice, Bearing, Enthusiasm, Endurance - All Indicators You Aspire To When You're A Leader.

No Other Agency Is Scrutinized Like The Police. Everything We Do Is In A Goldfish Bowl. We Are Not The Most Popular People In Society. We Do Things Like Use Deadly Force; We're The Bearers Of Bad News. We're Not Firefighters, Who Are Viewed As Heroic, Helping People, With People Loving Them Back. The Police Have A Much More Complex And Demanding Job.

Good News Is Not News. Bad News Sells. Confrontation Sells. And That's What The Press Is Always Looking For. I'm Not Bragging, But I Have The Highest Job-approval Rating Of Any Public Official In The City. And I've Had It Consistently. The Approval Rating For The Police Department Is 70 Percent. This Notion That Stop-and-frisk Has Torn The Community Apart Is False.