And unlike many of his scholar-peers, he respects cops enough to listen to them and take their advice seriously.

WSJ: Book Review: Don't Shoot

As mayor he put more cops on the streets and prosecuted the window-breakers and streetwalkers, whose violations erode respect for the whole system.

FORBES: A Can-Do Country

The quiz-master's conclusion is that the boy is cheating, and he enlists the cops (who are just as incredulous and just as affronted by the boy's audacity) to extract a confession that he'd worn a wire or had had access to the questions.

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