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Many lauded the video for showing the positive impact officers can have in a community.

"I believe you can do so much more chasing a kid while holding a basketball or football than chasing a kid while holding a baton or gun," Bennettsville Police Chief Larry McNeil told ABC"I always tell my guys they can do more with what's between their ears – their brain – than the holster on their side."

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Scott Jackson (right), business service consultant for WorkSource Fulton, helps job seekers with their applications in a mobile career center at a job fair hosted by Goodwill Career Center in Atlanta. (Ziyu Julian Zhu/AJC)

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