BLUE MATTERS
by Charlotte Kovalchuk • photos courtesy Paul Leal
Buried in Trash
Facebook Constable Digs into Waste Issue
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he number one thing Constable Paul Leal gets asked when he is out and about is not typical citizen questions like how much money he has collected or how many arrest warrants he has served. Instead, people want to know if there are any updates on the latest trash mystery. “It’s always, ‘Hey did you find that person that dumped that jacuzzi?’ ‘Hey y’all ever figure out who put that roof there?’ ”
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Known as the Facebook Constable, Constable Leal has become famous for the videos he posts whenever he comes across a trash heap dumped on the side of the road. He has taken to Facebook to seek the public’s help in catching the culprits, with some videos reaching more than one million views and helping his team combat the waste issue so prevalent in Precinct 4.
