ROME, N.Y.--Four new recruits joined the ranks of the Rome Police Department Monday morning, less than 24 hours after two officers were shot and killed in Onondaga County. Rome police Chief Kevin James hears of officers being killed in the line of duty far too many times a year, but the closeness of this incident stings a little bit more.
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