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No blotter from the Slope this morning — but there’s a good reason

By Gersh Kuntzman
The Brooklyn Paper

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We didn’t get the police blotter this morning as normal — but don’t blame the cops in the Sixth Avenue stationhouse, as they were on patrol as part of a City Hall crackdown on cellphone-using drivers.

“Those are the orders today,” one officer told The Brooklyn Paper when a reporter showed up for his normal Tuesday police blotter duties.

Pedulla Tile

Driving while using hand-held devices has been against the law in New York State since 2001, yet it remains the most widely violated state law with the possible exception of adultery.

The Bloomberg administration has occasionally made compliance a priority — as it did today.

Check back later at BrooklynPaper.com for our scintillating police blotter.

— Gersh Kuntzman

©2009 Community Newspaper Group

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Reader Feedback

sid from Boerum Hill says:
Its more like its just a lazy desk officer. They took enough time to explain why. how much longer would have it taken to get the blotter and tell you about the reports.
The reason that person is on the desk tends to be that they are no good in the field anyway.
and yes its really bad when they enforce the law....
Oct. 13, 2009, 10 am

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