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Who Do You Call to Clean Up the Shooting Down the Street?

A reader sent us this email about a shooting that occurred around midnight in Brooklyn:

Just wanted to point out that there was a shooting last night at the bus depot at Broadway and Havemeyer in Williamsburg, -and that the investigation seems to be over, but the guy's hat, a big puddle of blood and teeth, many rubber gloves, gauze, a sterile water container, et cetera are still down there, for people to step in. I called the 90th Precinct but they said "maybe it's sanitation's job". Aren't these things usually cleaned up?"

Well, yes, usually they are: Two years ago, the NY Times profiled a NYC company that cleans up crime scenes. The company, Bio-Recovery, does list the NYPD as a client.

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