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404 Media obtained internal emails about how a controversial Call of Duty-themed police recruiting poster was created — and before the backlash, the department was more worried about the publisher’s IP lawyers than comparing law enforcement work to a bloody military shooter. The department pulled and apologized for the ad last month; as far as we know, Activision has not publicly responded.

A recruitment poster featuring police officers pointing guns with the slogan “stop playing games and answer the call of duty.”
The poster shows a Peoria SWAT team because “I didn’t want to cross any legal lines with Activision,” per one email.
Peoria Police Department
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