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North Brooklyn Cops and Kids Bond Over NYPD’s Flag Football Initiative

This program is attempting to create a bridge between law enforcement and North Brooklyn communities.

North Brooklyn Cops and Kids Bond Over NYPD’s Flag Football Initiative

North Brooklyn Cops and Kids Bond Over NYPD’s Flag Football Initiative

This program is attempting to create a bridge between law enforcement and North Brooklyn communities.

North Brooklyn Cops and Kids Bond Over NYPD’s Flag Football Initiative
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Kelly Ng

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On Saturday mornings, lieutenants Michael Almonte and Thomas Hardell from the New York Police Department ditch their uniforms for sportswear to join teenagers for a game of flag football at the Sutter Ballfields in East New York.

Some of their colleagues from the Patrol Borough Brooklyn North are armed with whistles, serving as referees for…

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