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Fallen officers sought bridges between NYPD, communities

Police officers embrace after the remains of New York City Police Department Officer Wilbert Mora arrived at a funeral home in the Manhattan borough of New York, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Officer Mora, who died Tuesday, was gravely wounded last week in a Harlem shooting that also killed his partner. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) Family members of New York City Police Department Officer Wilbert Mora walk towards a waiting vehicle as they attend the arrival of Mora's remains at a funeral home in the Manhattan borough of New York, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Officer Mora, who died Tuesday, was gravely wounded last week in a Harlem shooting that also killed his partner. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) Police officers and New York City Mayor Eric Adams, center left wearing mask, stand at attention after the remains of New York City Police Department Officer Wilbert Mora arrived at a funeral home in the Manhattan borough of New York, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Officer Mora, who died Tuesday, was gravely wounded last week in a Harlem shooting that also killed his partner. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) The remains of New York City Police Department Officer Wilbert Mora arrives at a funeral home in the Manhattan borough of New York, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Officer Mora, who died Tuesday, was gravely wounded last week in a Harlem shooting that also killed his partner. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) The remains of New York City Police Department Officer Wilbert Mora arrives at a funeral home in the Manhattan borough of New York, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Officer Mora, who died Tuesday, was gravely wounded last week in a Harlem shooting that also killed his partner. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) The remains of New York City Police Department Officer Wilbert Mora arrives at a funeral home in the Manhattan borough of New York, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Officer Mora, who died Tuesday, was gravely wounded last week in a Harlem shooting that also killed his partner. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) Police officers embrace after the remains of New York City Police Department Officer Wilbert Mora arrived at a funeral home in the Manhattan borough of New York, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Officer Mora, who died Tuesday, was gravely wounded last week in a Harlem shooting that also killed his partner. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) NYPD Officer Sterling Medina, center, grows emotional while remembering his fallen fellow officers at a vigil outside the 32nd precinct honoring officers Jason Rivera and Wilbert Mora in Harlem, Wednesday Jan. 26, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Bobby Caina Calvan) Rev. Ronald Sullivan, center, leads a prayer during a vigil in Harlem outside the 32nd precinct honoring fallen NYPD officers Jason Rivera and Wilbert Mora, Wednesday Jan. 26, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Bobby Caina Calvan) Police officers embrace after the remains of New York City Police Department Officer Wilbert Mora arrived at a funeral home in the Manhattan borough of New York, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Officer Mora, who died Tuesday, was gravely wounded last week in a Harlem shooting that also killed his partner. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) A vigil is held around a makeshift memorial outside the 32nd precinct honoring fallen NYPD officers Jason Rivera and Wilbert Mora in Harlem, Wednesday Jan. 26, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Bobby Caina Calvan) Police officers stand at attention after the remains of New York City Police Department Officer Wilbert Mora arrived at a funeral home in the Manhattan borough of New York, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Officer Mora, who died Tuesday, was gravely wounded last week in a Harlem shooting that also killed his partner. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)