Kelly Ng
Contributor
On Saturday mornings, lieutenants Michael Almonte and Thomas Hardell from the New York Police Department ditch their uniforms for sportswear to join teenagers for a game of flag football at the Sutter Ballfields in East New York.
Some of their colleagues from the Patrol Borough Brooklyn North are armed with whistles, serving as referees for the games, while others lead teams, which comprise young people from the 10 precincts that the patrol borough oversees.
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