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NYPD, Make-A-Wish help boy fulfill dream of becoming officer

<p>NYPD officers in Patrol Borough Brooklyn North and the Make-A-Wish Foundation helped a 5-year-old boy from Brooklyn fulfill his dream.</p>

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Jun 26, 2017, 9:55 PM

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