By Isolde Raftery, NBC News
At least they recycle. Along?the Macy?s Thanksgiving Parade route in New York on Thursday, long, white strips of confetti blew into the crowd. On one was a Social Security number. Other strips fluttered about ? and on them were bits of information ? some seemingly trivial, others possibly sensitive. ?
Ethan Finkelstein, 18, told WPIX that a strip landed on his friend?s jacket at West 65th Street?and Central Park West. Finkelstein, a New Yorker, is a freshman at Tufts University near Boston. ?
?It landed on her shoulder, and she looked and it and it says, SSN and there?s a number that?s written like a Social Security number,? Finkelstein told WPIX. ?And we?re like, that?s really bizarre.?
There were phone numbers, license plate numbers of undercover detectives ? even information about former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney?s motorcade as he left Hofstra University, where he and President Barack Obama sparred at a town hall debate.
A partial seal on one of the confetti strips indicated that the records came from the Nassau County Police Department. ?
"The Nassau County Police Department is very concerned about this situation," police spokesman Insp. Kenneth Lack said in a statement, according to Newsday. "We will be conducting an investigation into this matter as well as reviewing our procedures for the disposing of sensitive documents."
Also of note: The confetti, a Macy's official told WPIX, is not official Macy?s Thanksgiving Day Parade confetti, which is more festive ? although just about anything might be more cheery than a shredded police report. ?
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