New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a former NYPD captain who was also assaulted by police as a teenager, told CBS News that police departments must concern themselves with the 'basic aptitude' of police officers and recruits, in addition to training.
"You are trained with the basic needs of a law enforcement officer, and everyone should have those basic needs," Adams said."... We sometimes believe just because a person is a police officer, that they could do every job within law enforcement. But then there are those that do not have the basic aptitude discipline in needs. That's what we saw on full display during the assault in Memphis. They don't have the basic aptitude.
"The only place that we don't go into communities and say we must bring our privacy is law enforcement," Adams said."We say just the opposite."
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