The only thing NYPD officers love as much as hitting people in the face with their fists, feet, and other assorted objects, it sometimes seems, is a well-placed F-bomb. According to deputy commissioner for training Michael Julian, all that stuff's on its way out.

Julian—who served under Commissioner Bill Bratton during Bratton's first tenure at the department—met with reporters after he was appointed to lead the NYPD's training this week. Capital New York's Azi Paybarah has video and a transcription of Julian's spiel:

A "police officer never uses a curse word in an emergency. Listen to any audio tape. It's for effect and we can teach them to control their language. It's not that hard," said Michael Julian, the NYPD's newly appointed deputy commissioner. "Commanders have done it in their own precincts, so, that's an easy one, the language."

He said "30 percent of all CCRB [Civilian Complaint Review Board] complaints invole a curse word. You can guess which one it is. Thirty percent. And if we can just change that curse word, we can reduce CCRB complaints by 30 percent."

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"New York City cops are not brutal. You don't see the Rodney King type of force. You see the extra kick or the punch," he said. "And what that's about is you got to control, over the adrenaline—you chase somebody two blocks, you throw the extra punch. We can control it.

"We going to teach them a lot of techniques to change their behavior, in that way," he said.

That's a tall order, Mr. Julian, and we wish you the best of luck. While we're at it, let's see about getting them to stop killing people, too.