Sunday’s New York Timeshad a nice little story by Niko Koppel about pictures and other mementos that police officer keep in their hats.
The hat-wearing regulation isn’t as strictly enforced in Baltimore as it is in New York City. But I like wearing hats.
Young police officers officers will quickly hear that hats, especially when you’re on foot, are a great place to keep things (like ticket books).
I tried that. It didn’t work. I sweat too much. With any heat, anything in my hat–pictures, paperwork, ham sandwiches–they would all be soaked and nasty before my shift was done.