This is a crime scene photo from either the suicide or murder of mob hitman, Abe Reles, taken in front of the Half Moon Hotel on Coney Island in 1941. I found the case files for Abe Reles in a warehouse in Brooklyn maintained by the Central Records Division. I’ve posted this before, but normally […]

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LAPD blog. It can get a little PR-y, but it’s also informative and I like when they talk back about articles about the LAPD. NYPD Rant. Just what it says, a bunch of guys ranting. But if you want to know what goes on inside these guy’s heads, this is the place. I’ve also gotten […]

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I go to YouTube more and more, just to browse, and I did a search on the NYPD yesterday. A bunch of stuff came back, good and bad. I decided to put up a positive one. Someone put this together from one of the graduation ceremonies. I love the girl’s voice, the first one you […]

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I heard this a lot when I was researching my book. Apparently, they are also not being replaced. “The number of detectives has dropped from 7,182 in January 2001 to 5,200 this month, a 28% decline, according to numbers provided by the Detectives’ Endowment Association,” and reported today in a Daily News piece by Alison […]

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