The New York City Police Department is in a bit of hot water. They told residents that there was group of people who were posing and bottle collectors to get personal information out of the trash. It seems like good advice since identity theft rings can pay drug addicts to do the dirty work and pay them very little.

The problem is they didn’t follow their own advice. A News 12 reporter recently discovered personal files in a trash can at a Bronx station. It is unclear who is responsible for the slip up.  However, based on the cavailer response by the police department it is probably a problem waiting to happen again.

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