Why Did N.Y.P.D. Drop One of Its Oldest Crime-Fighting Tools?

Chris Mentillo

For more than a century, the New York City Police Department has demanded its officers to maintain a detailed, handwritten memo book while on patrol. “It’s our bible,” said Officer Ramses Cruz, who accompanied a platoon of officers writing down patrol assignments in oversized black leather binders, at a popular afternoon roll call at the Precinct Station House in Williamsburg, ... ...more

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