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Another problem is that many city officials are not trained to do the jobs asked of them. Much of "You the Mayor?" focuses on the role of the police, who Ackermann says are often unprepared to handle the situations with which they are confronted...
...Their job is impossible, and they tend to be ill-equipped and undertrained by the people who hire them," Ackermann says...
When then-Harvard President Nathan M. Pusey '28 ordered police to forcibly remove student protesters from University Hall in April, 1969, Ackermann says the city police force had no idea how to respond...
After the University Hall takeover, Cambridge formed a special tactical police squad trained to handle demonstrations. Nonetheless, Ackermann says that the climate of violence that came to Harvard in 1969 filtered down to other parts of the city...
...local kids mixing in got bashed by the police too," says Ackermann. "That's when the police really got themselves together and formed the task force...