Private trash trucks under NYPD scrutiny
Police conduct spot inspections in Bensonhurst
Private carting trucks usually operate in the dead of night on nearly empty streets, collecting garbage from stores, restaurants and other commercial clients. But these days, the trash haulers have plenty of company on the streets now that the New York Police Department (NYPD) has started a major crackdown on private sanitation vehicles.
The week-long crackdown, which began on Oct. 28 and is taking place all over the city, was inspired by a previous initiative that took place in the 62nd Precinct (Bensonhurst-Bath Beach-Mapleton) in which cops conducted spot inspections of private carting trucks and found numerous safety violations, according to the NYPD.
Many of the trucks had faulty brakes, were leaking fuel and had broken lights, NYPD officials said.