Typewriters Really?
Posted by Laura on July 17, 2009
The NYPD made unfortunate news this week when the New York Post reported that New York City had signed a nearly $1 million contract with a vendor to purchase thousands of new manual and electronic typewriters during the next three years.
According to the article, NYPD cops “still use typewriters to fill out property and evidence vouchers which are printer on carbon-paper forms. There are typewriters in every police precinct, including one in every detective squad.” (The NYPD “is working on software to eliminate the old machines” a police representative told the Post.
In truth there are probably a lot of bossiness’s and government agencies that have stashes of typewriters in their office just like the NYPD does. But until everything digitized, there will be a seemingly mind-blogging need for type writers..
