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  • Photo by: NDZ/STAR MAX/IPx 2023 10/22/23 New York City Mayor Eric Adams makes a public safety-related announcement at the 42nd Street subway station on September 22, 2023 in New York City. The New York Police Department announces the use of the Knightscope K5 robot, a 400-lb, 5-foot-tall wheeled robot, that can autonomously patrol an area.

    New York has ended its trial of a 400-pound security robot in the Times Square subway station

    New Yorkers can say goodbye — for now — to the robot the New York Police Department (NYPD) used to patrol the Times Square subway station.

    Mariella Moon
    02.03.2024
  • BROOKLYN, NEW YORK - MARCH 19: New York Police Department's Deputy Chief, Robert Lukach, extreme right, speaks to members of the media following a five-hour standoff inside an apartment building in Brooklyn, New York on March 19, 2019. A Mavic drone (center left) was used to see inside the 8th floor apartment. A mentally unstable man holding a fake plastic pistol was taken into custody by a NYPD special hostage team police officer. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)

    NYPD will use drones to monitor private parties over Labor Day weekend

    The New York Police department has been using drones in a limited capacity for years — deploying unmanned aircraft systems for search and rescue missions, to document crime scenes, or to monitor large public events like New Years Eve in Times Square. Soon, you might see one in your backyard as well: NYPD officials have announced plans to use drones to follow up on noise complaints during the long Labor Day weekend.

    Sean Buckley
    08.31.2023
  • NEW YORK, NY - April 11: New York City Mayor Eric Adams joins New York City Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell, New York City Police Chief of Department, Jeffery Maddrey, along with New York City Police Department First Deputy Edward Caban and other NYPD Executives in formerly rolling out the StarChase GPS attachment system, the K5 Autonomous Security Robot and Spot, the DigiDog Robot as tools in the fight against crime on April 11, 2023 in Times Square section of New York City.

    NYPD's Spot Robot is back for use in 'hazardous situations'

    New York City's new law and order-oriented mayor Eric Adams has brought the robot dock back for use in "hazardous situations,

    Steve Dent
    04.12.2023
  • SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND - AUGUST 28: A doorbell device with a built-in camera made by home security company Ring is seen on August 28, 2019 in Silver Spring, Maryland. These devices allow users to see video footage of who is at their front door when the bell is pressed or when motion activates the camera. According to reports, Ring has made video-sharing partnerships with more than 400 police forces across the United States, granting them access to camera footage with the homeowners’ permission in what the company calls the nation’s 'new neighborhood watch.' (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

    The NYPD is joining Ring's neighborhood watch app amid privacy and racial profiling concerns

    The NYPD is joining Ring's Neighbors app despite concerns about privacy and profiling.

    Jon Fingas
    11.02.2022
  • Demonstrators block the NYPD vans to follow them with their bikes as they take part in a protest against racial inequality and in support of the Black Lives Matter movement in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., August 16, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

    NYPD must disclose facial recognition procedures deployed against Black Lives Matter protesters

    The police department had rejected a FOIL request for documents regarding the use of facial recognition and other surveillance.

    Amrita Khalid
    08.01.2022
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    New York City orders 184 Mustang Mach-E cars for police and government use

    New York City has purchased 184 all-electric Mustang Mach-Es, and they're all going to be used for law enforcement and emergency response purposes.

    Mariella Moon
    12.30.2021
  • Close up of the NYPD logo on a police car.

    NYPD secretly spent $159 million on surveillance tech

    Documents show the department paid millions for facial recognition, vans equipped with x-ray machines and more.

    Kris Holt
    08.10.2021
  • JERSEY CITY, NJ - JUNE 27: The sun sets on the skyline of lower Manhattan, One World Trade Center and the Statue of Liberty in New York City on June 27, 2021 as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)

    New York City launches a cyberdefense center in Manhattan

    New York City has opened a center that will help protect the area against cyberattacks on critical infrastructure.

    Jon Fingas
    07.09.2021
  • LISBON, PORTUGAL - 2019/11/07: Spot, the robot made by Boston Dynamics seen during the annual Web Summit technology conference in Lisbon. (Photo by Henrique Casinhas/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

    NYPD stops using Boston Dynamics' robodog following backlash

    The police force canceled its $94,000 lease and will return the robot to the company.

    Kris Holt
    04.29.2021
  • A crime scene at night. Police cars with emergency lights flashing behind yellow cordon tape declaring - police line, do not cross.

    'Predictive policing' could amplify today's law enforcement issues

    Law enforcement in America is facing a day of reckoning over its systemic, institutionalized racism and ongoing brutality against the people it was designed to protect. Virtually every aspect of the system is now under scrutiny, from budgeting and staffing levels to the data-driven prevention tools it deploys. A handful of local governments have already placed moratoriums on facial recognition systems in recent months and on Wednesday, Santa Cruz, California became the first city in the nation to outright ban the use of predictive policing algorithms.

    Andrew Tarantola
    06.30.2020
  • 09 September 2019, US, New York: The logo of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) stands on a surveillance camera near Times Square. Photo: Alexandra Schuler/dpa (Photo by Alexandra Schuler/picture alliance via Getty Images)

    NY City Council passes NYPD surveillance oversight bill

    In a 44-6 vote on Thursday, the NYC City Council voted in favor of passing the POST Act, which will empower civilian oversight of the NYPD's sprawling surveillance state.

    Andrew Tarantola
    06.18.2020
  • WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 04: Demonstrators take a knee as at the base of the Lincoln Memorial as they peacefully protest against police brutality and the death of George Floyd, on June 4, 2020 in Washington, DC. Protests in cities throughout the country have been largely peaceful following the death of George Floyd, a black man who was killed in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

    How to protect your identity while protesting police brutality

    As protests around the country against police brutality continue to expand, law enforcement's reaction grows ever more heavy-handed. Here are some ways to protect yourself and your identity.

    Andrew Tarantola
    06.05.2020
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    NYPD will replace handwritten logs with an iPhone app later this month

    After more than a century, the New York City Police Department (NYPD) is retiring the handwritten memo books carried by police officers and replacing them with an app, The New York Times reports. On February 17th, officers will begin recording their detailed activity logs in an iOS app on department-issued iPhones.

    Christine Fisher
    02.05.2020
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    NYPD will deploy a drone at Times Square on New Year's Eve

    Security at Times Square tends to be extra-tight on New Year's Eve, but it's now poised to have some robotic support. The NYPD is deploying one of its new camera-toting drones at the event for the first time, giving it an aerial surveillance tool that's decidedly closer to the action than a conventional aircraft or helicopter. The machine will not only watch for trouble in the crowd, but wield "counter-drone technology" to keep potentially hostile vehicles at bay.

    Jon Fingas
    12.30.2018
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    NYPD police officers will start using drones

    The New York Police Department announced today that it has launched a new drone program. The department says it will use its collection of drones -- 14 in all -- for search and rescue missions, crime scene documentation, hazmat incidents, large events like concerts and hostage situations. "As the largest municipal police department in the United States, the NYPD must always be willing to leverage the benefits of new and always-improving technology," Police Commissioner James O'Neill said in a statement. "Our new [Unmanned Aircraft System] program is part of this evolution -- it enables our highly-trained cops to be even more responsive to the people we serve, and to carry out the NYPD's critical work in ways that are more effective, efficient and safe for everyone."

    Mallory Locklear
    12.04.2018
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    NYPD pulls 2,990 body cameras after one catches fire

    The NYPD's plan to outfit every officer with body cameras has run into trouble. The department has pulled about 2,990 Vievu LE-5 cameras across the city after one officer's camera caught fire near a Staten Island precinct. There's a "possible product defect" with the LE-5, the NYPD said in a statement, and it was removing existing models out of an "abundance of caution." Most of the force's 15,500 cameras (including LE-4 models) aren't affected.

    Jon Fingas
    10.21.2018
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    IBM used NYPD surveillance cameras to develop facial recognition tech

    It's not a secret that the NYPD has been using facial recognition tech, though the details of the program have been kept under wraps. Now, The Intercept has learned that IBM developed the technology for the NYPD using police camera footage. The fact that the company had access to these thousands of images of New Yorkers, taken from fewer than 50 of 512 total cameras, was not made public previously. Using these secret images, IBM was able to create a program that searches camera footage by identifiers such as clothing color, hair color, facial hair and skin tone.

    Swapna Krishna
    09.06.2018
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    NYPD says 'Skim Reaper' device could curb ATM fraud

    Skimming costs US consumers more than a billion dollars a year. The practice, which sees devices illegally installed on ATMs and gas station pumps to "skim" credit card information from unsuspecting users, can affect everyone. Even cybersecurity expert Patrick Traynor, who's now come up with a solution that could end the nefarious crime for good.

    Rachel England
    05.10.2018
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    NYPD starts replacing cops' Windows Phones with iPhones

    Microsoft will soon lose 36,000 of its remaining Windows Phone customers, as the NYPD starts distributing iPhones to its officers. The department, which first announced its decision to replace cops' Windows Phones last year, is now rolling out 600 iPhones a day in Manhattan. Once it's done upgrading the phones of all the cops in the borough, it'll start the rollout in Brooklyn and then in Queens. According to New York Daily News, the transition started just before Christmas, and officers can choose between the iPhone 7 and the iPhone 7 Plus.

    Mariella Moon
    02.06.2018
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    Judge rules NYPD needed a warrant before using cell-site simulator

    A Brooklyn judge has ruled that because the New York Police Department (NYPD) used a cell-site simulator, also known by the brand name Stingray, to track down a murder suspect without a warrant, some evidence against the suspect will be thrown out. As the New York Times reports, the NYPD initially denied using such a device in this case, but later conceded that it had. Following the suspect's arrest, he was picked out of a lineup by another victim, and that's what is being tossed out.

    Mallory Locklear
    11.16.2017
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