NYPD officer explains why he moved to Florida amid 'anti-police sentiment'

The streets of New York City are far from Lakeland, Florida. But some former NYPD officers have moved here as more local police departments recruit from the Big Apple. Lakeland’s assistant police chief, Hans Lehman said the department has recruited everywhere – from social media to in-person in Times Square.

Word spread so well that 13 former NYPD officers have arrived in Lakeland. Some say, at least partly, because of anti-police sentiment in New York.

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