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The Piano Playing Policeman!
Officer Chris Yip of the 88th Precinct tickled the ivories at a piano recital at the Brooklyn Music School last weekend.
He's a policeman by day, and a musician by night.
Officer Chris Yip of the 88th Precinct played a piano recital last weekend at the Brooklyn Music School to raise funds for the nonprofit Chinese-American Planning Council, which is based in Chinatown.
Yip, who immigrated to the city from China at a young age, said that he fell in love with the piano while walking the beat.
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Now, he says that playing piano is a means of escape from the stresses of policework.
Our videographer, Trey Burns, captured some of the moments of Yip's performance.
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