text: I understand a joke with a Volpe punch line or a joke about the NYPD 's sincere efforts to increase minority recruitment ( no kidding , this time they mean it ) or to make the many other reforms persistently resisted by both the department and the mayor ( I 'm serious , this time they really , really mean it ) .
  
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  There are jokes circulating about the NYPD to make significant reforms .