‘One of the safest cities’ averaged more than one murder per day in 2022

Three years ago, Jason Rivera wrote a letter to the New York City Police Academy, explaining why he wanted to be a police officer. “When I applied to become a police officer, I knew this was the career for me,” he said.

“I would be the first person in my family to become a police officer,” Rivera wrote, as reported by the Daily Mail. “Coming from an immigrant family, I will be the first to say that…