Word: costello
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...activities and spots of action. Routinely the youth squad checks bars for underage patrons, community centers, parks, dances and picnics for teen-age trouble. Swiftly they check out tips on approaching "rumbles," i.e., fights between New York's organized gangs. After one such tour with Deputy Inspector Peter Costello, youth squad commander, and Detectives William Kelly and Frank Rochman, a TIME correspondent reported...
...guys," said Costello, "what's going on here? Line up against the wall...
...kids faced the wall, and Costello, Kelly and Rochman frisked them skillfully. There were no weapons. The kids snickered...
...They never carry them," explained Costello. "They stash them near by so they'll be ready. If we caught weapons on them, they'd be liable for unlawful assembly, but they're clean. They knew we can't frisk the girls. If we thought they were carrying something, we'd call for a policewoman quick...
Turning to Detective Rochman, Costello ordered: "Check the wool on 'em, Frank." Rochman ran his hands through the hair of both the boys and girls, looking for concealed razor blades, found none. The cops rolled...