Trash collectors to serve as eyes and ears in the street for police

WNYT-TV
December 17, 2010

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Waste Management workers are out and about when almost everyone else is not. Except someone who might be up to no good.

A former FBI agent recently trained all Waste Management drivers, helpers and technicians in Rensselaer and Albany Counties to act as a mobile community watch.

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“They’re on these routes every day so they’re used to the normal situation so they are able to recognize a non-normal situation,” explains Ken Bevis of Waste Management. Trucks are now armed with a cell phone, camera and incident reports so they’ll have accurate information for police and, possibly, prosecutors.

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This article was posted: Friday, December 17, 2010 at 11:44 am

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