NYPD typewriter bill nearly $1 million - UPI.comFrom a citizen perspective, this sounds like $1 million very well spent. If typewriters keep cops from getting all ticket happy, then I say every police department needs more typewriters.
Dr. Edith Linn, a retired New York police officer and professor of criminal justice at the city's Berkeley College, said many of the 500 police officers she interviewed for a study told her the outdated equipment makes them less likely to perform arrests for minor offenses.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Police Need More Typewriters
The NYPD has earmarked nearly $1 million for typewriters and the service of those typewriters. Apparently this is due to the department still using old carbon forms for much of its police paperwork.
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They ought to put those in the cars with them then! I never understood why it is illegal for me to watch a DVD or use a GPS while driving yet a cop can have a whole laptop staring at him while he drives. They must just be smarter than the average person?
Not that they enforce this much... yet. But then they never used to enforce seat belts either.
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