Cop of the Month in the 76th Precinct: Tavis Watson

Officer Tavis Watson was just doing his job. But because he knew his beat well, seven arrests were made. 

A teenager was station by six or seven other teens last month. The victim, a 14-year-old male, came to the station with his father to report the crime. He told Officer Watson he knew one of the theives names. When he told him what it was, Watson, who works the schools beat for the 76,  asked him if the creep was instead another teen with a similar name. The victim said yes.

"We knew exactly who he was, and where he lived," said Captain Jack Lewis on Tuesday at the precinct.

Lewis and Watson went looking for the thief, and he was positively identified by the victim. The thief was still wearing the Chicago Bulls cap he had stolen.

The rest of the teens were subsequently arrested.

"We went to the schools and picked them up, one by one," said Lewis.