#crime-fighting

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[livelymorgue]

March 7, 1956: The Federal Bureau of Investigation lent its crime-fighting know-how to student detectives of the New York police, as law enforcement officials held exercises to teach 64 trainees how to properly shoot tear gas and automatic weapons and apprehend criminals. The exercises took place in “dilapidated buildings used in wartime for training of merchant seaman” on tiny Hoffman Island in the New York Bay, just off Staten Island, The Times reported.Readers, please note: This is the Lively Morgue’s last post. Thank you for following, and you can still enjoy quirky and fascinating historical gems from The Times’s past coverage on Twitter and Instagram by following @nytarchives. The entire paper since its founding, searchable and viewable as it was originally published, is also available to subscribers using the Times Machine. Photo: Patrick Burns/The New York Times

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Appointment of John Chell as New York City Police Chief Amid Controversy

Appointment of New Police Chief in New York City A veteran police official in New York City, John Chell, has recently been appointed as the city’s chief of department, a position he has held on an interim basis since December. His predecessor, Jeffrey Maddrey, resigned amid allegations of sexual misconduct, which he has denied. Chell’s appointment comes at a time of scrutiny, especially due to…

Appointment of John Chell as New York City Police Chief Amid Controversy

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Following through on a triple-twist dive drilling right through the wall straight into Smirk's face, he landed on his feet, reached over, ripped an oak tree out of the ground, and used it to hammer the little man into the lawn like a fence post!

Okay, that one cost him money--the tree had apparently been growing there for over 109 years and was actually owned by the city who had nailed a commemorative plaque to it but Plants Before Humans staged a huge protest and threatened to burn the tree down if the city didn't stop nailing stuff to it so they did so they didn't.

[random-bookquotes]

See, crime-fighting isn’t what you think it is. Comic books got it wrong. You’re not just swinging around town on your rope line or spiderweb or in your invisible plane and you hear a scream or a bank alarm. No, what it is, is that you have informants. You get tips. You follow clues. Sometimes you beat information out of snitches. Not me, but some heroes have been known to do that. The grim and gritty ones. Most of the time, it pans out to nothing. Most of the time, you’re up on a rooftop and looking out on a city where most everyone is asleep. Or, if there is a crime, it’s miles away. Most of the time, you don’t get to stop anything or fight anybody.

Slade Grayson, Kill Your Heroes

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Literary Loitering 89 - All Stork, No Chin

We've found our big stick which we use to poke the books and arts world, again.

The calamitous cultural anarchists have wandered haphazardly into town again, and this time they’ve brought a friend on their never-ending quest for snacks and a comfy place to take a nap.

Kicking things off this week is our usual Game of Thrones-watch, which this time doesn’t involve Grr Martin but does involve the possibility that maps of Westeros could be used to assist in a real-world prison…

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Record-holding Batman costume stocked with 23 working Bat-gadgets

Ben Affleck might feel a little envious if he sees this tour of a crazy Batsuit with a suite of functional crime-fighting gadgets.