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Fresh out of the Baltimore police academy just three weeks ago, 24-year-old Jaslyn Koger knows that her unique advantage as a new officer on the streets is her ability to communicate and relate with the community she serves.
Koger, a Black woman and Baltimore native, is just one of the young faces of America's new generation of police officers who have been undeterred by the staffing shortages in many departments nationwide, the spate of killings of law enforcement officers, and recent high-profile incidents of police brutality. Why police forces are struggling to recruit and keep officers"At one point in time, we weren't police officers, we were just citizens," Koger told CNN.
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