Case of the L.D. 80

When he first precinct Sergeant Waters What do you say about a gun? Oh, they get a license to carry one You have to apply here at the station house That's right Come in here anytime between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. and see the hack inspector You're in the master room at the 21st precinct the nerve center a call is coming through

You will follow by transcription the action taken pursuant to that call from this minute until the final report is written in the 124 room at the 21st Precinct. Yes, sir. You make your application here at the Precinct House and it's investigated.

Yes, sir. The Hack Inspector. He's a police officer here assigned to take application for licenses. Yeah, I will. 21st Precinct. It's just lines on a map of the City of New York. Most of the 173,000 people wedged into the 9th and 10th of a square mile between 5th Avenue when the East River wouldn't know if you asked them that they lived or worked in the 21st.

Whether they know it or not, the security of their jobs, their homes, and their property is the job of the men of the 21st Precinct. The 21st, 160 patrolman, 11 sergeants, and four lieutenants of whom I am the boss.

My name is Canelli, Frank Canelli. I'm Captain in command of the 21st. I was working my day tour, 8am to 6pm. I returned from patrol of the precinct at 2.50 pm and went to my office to read and sign reports.

Among them I saw a note from patrolman Nathan Jaffe, the precinct hack inspector, who handles in the 21st applications for licenses of business and other activities which by law are subject to police supervision. These include cabs and cab drivers, gunsmiths, towing cars, catering establishments and so forth.