The City’s War On Rats (CWOR, for short) somehow lacks data about how many rats have actually been killed (in The Wire, this was known as drugs on the table, or as Lieutenant Daniels said, “Dope on the damn table”):

The city’s war on rats is missing a key element — a body count.

So three weeks ago, officials introduced a new weapon in the fight against the rodents in subway stations — baited traps.

Before, packets of bait were placed around the tracks, but that didn’t tell the city how many rats were being killed, said Health Department rat expert Bobby Corrigan.

The boxes will trap the rats that go for the bait, allowing the city to track how many get poisoned.