{"id":18255,"date":"2015-01-13T01:01:11","date_gmt":"2015-01-13T01:01:11","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2015-01-13T01:01:11","modified_gmt":"2015-01-13T01:01:11","slug":"Increasing-number-of-Asian-Americans-join-New-York-City-police-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=18255","title":{"rendered":"Increasing number of Asian Americans join New York City police force"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In the last two decades, the New York City police department has seen a significant surge in Asian-American officers.<\/strong> CCTV America\u2019s Nick Harper reported this story from New York.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NuJ1TbsnaPE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The death of Chinese-American police officer Wenjian Liu last month was a grim reminder of the risks that officers of all backgrounds take each day serving the public. Liu was just one of a growing number of Asian-American officers in the police force. Just 25 years ago, there were only 200 Asian-American officers, today, more than 3,000 wear the uniform. About half of the Asian-American officers are of Chinese descent.<\/p>\n<p>Asian officers are now commanding more front line positions, too.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years the NYPD has tried hard to recruit from Asian communities to keep in step with the changing demographics. Those efforts have been rewarded with a police force that now better represents the city it serves.<\/p>\n<p><strong>While considerable progress has been made, Asian-Americans are still under-represented.<\/strong> Officers of Asian descent make up six percent of the force, however Asian-American population in the city is 13 percent.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cctv-america.com\">Source www.cctv-america.com<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the last two decades, the New York City police department has seen a significant surge in Asian-American officers. 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