The Curtain Drops on Improv Theater for the New York PolicePolice Commissioner Jessica Tisch said a staffing crisis kept her from letting officers participate in a Brooklyn theater group that began after the death of Eric Garner, who died after a police officer put him in a chokehold, in 2014.
Source: The Curtain Drops on Improv Theater for the New York Police (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/nyregion/nypd-acting-improv-class.html)