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“I hope the younger generation who know my background will be more comfortable talking to me,” Adibi says, dressed in full uniform for our day-off interview.”There is this gap I’d like to bridge between the police department and the young.”Adibi’s background is football. He was an All-American at Phoebus High and an All-Big East defensive end at Virginia Tech. A fifth-round draft choice of the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2004, Adibi never found steady NFL work, in large part because he sustained a broken right hip in 2005 while practicing with the Seattle Seahawks.Adibi worked tirelessly to rehab, but the injury essentially ended his career. What to do?With a degree in residential property management, Adibi pondered real estate. But first, he accompanied his younger brother, Xavier, to Houston after the Texans drafted him in 2008 as a linebacker out of Virginia Tech.There, a careless undercover FBI agent led Adibi to law enforcement. Sort of.