Kathy Grillo, senior vice president of public policy and government affairs at Verizon, speaks with NTIA Administrator Alan Davidson at Verizon’s 2023 State of Telecom Policy event in Washington, D.C. on March 15, 2023. (Jeff Suggs Photography)
Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego, left, speaks with Verizon Senior Vice President Maggie Hallbach at the U.S. Conference of Mayors winter meeting Jan. 19 in Washington, D.C. (U.S. Conference of Mayors)
Officer Daniel Arteaga, an officer with two years on the force, speaks to the desk over the radio clearing the situation he was at in Chelsea, Massachusetts, on May 1, 2021. (Joseph Prezioso / AFP / Getty Images)
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