When the police began incarcerating stray cats in the jail cells at the Stagg Street station, their mascot cat was none too pleased to share his home with the mongrel intruders. He was willing to put up a good fight to preserve his domain.
Posts Tagged ‘police cats’
1927: Nickie, the NYPD Motorcycle Squad Cat Who Obeyed Traffic Signals
Posted: 27th August 2023 by The Hatching Cat in Feline Mascots, NYPD MascotsTags: Cats of Old New York, Motorcycle Squad, NYPD history, police cats, Sunset Park
The new electric traffic lights on 4th Avenue in Brooklyn were confusing to some motorists and pedestrians. But not to Nickie, the black cat of Motorcycle Squad No. 2 adjoining the former 18th Precinct police station on the southwest corner of 4th Avenue and 43rd Street in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park.
1936: Tige, the NYPD Cat Who Gave Birth in the Fingerprint Room
Posted: 19th March 2022 by The Hatching Cat in Cats in the Mews, Feline MascotsTags: 240 Centre Street, Cats of Old New York, John A. Lyons, NYPD history, police cats
One day after Tige, the police cat of the NYPD headquarters building, gave birth to four kittens, a detective recorded their paw prints on official NYPD fingerprint sheets.
