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At least a dozen NYPD officers flee for Florida

By Sydney Shea

Published November 15, 2021 4:09pm ET

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At least a dozen NYPD officers flee for Florida — A New York Police Department vehicle is seen. | (Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP)

Some of New York’s finest transferred departments to a small Florida city in hopes of better treatment from the community.

Fourteen New York City Police Department officers moved to the department of Lakeland, Florida, in the past year. Twelve of them reportedly migrated in the past two months.

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