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In December 2005, a new Police Department computer program eliminated the unlawful statute from a drop-down menu that officers use to select the appropriate charges for people who are arrested. As a result, it is impossible to know how many people are unlawfully arrested under the statute, brought to a station house and released.
Cara Buckley, in an NYTimes article about how police continue to make arrests under a law that was invalidated in 1992.
It’s always a good idea to provide a text input when the user selects ‘other’ in a drop down. See also combo box.