The NYPD has long maintained that its drones aren’t equipped with facial recognition software – technology that has led people to be falsely accused of crimes elsewhere. But police can run ...

The NYPD’s use of drones as a strategic, emergency response saves lives on our subway system and streets,” the department ...

The skies above Central Park are abuzz with NYPD crime-fighting drones as part of a planned rollout of the technology to make the popular 800-acre venue and other parts of the city safer ...

The technology isn’t to spy on revelers ... said in a statement in response to the NYPD’s planned drone use over the Labor Day weekend. “As the NYPD keeps deploying these dystopian ...

a privacy and technology strategist at the New York Civil Liberties Union, referring to a 2020 city law that requires the NYPD to disclose its surveillance tactics. “Deploying drones in this ...

The drones, which have also been used to respond to tragedies like a garage collapse and recent brush fires in the city, do not contain facial recognition technology, the NYPD has said.

This year police are turning to new technology and taking advantage of drones and the water to keep everyone safe. Lieutenant Patrick Golden with NYPD's Counterterrorism Maritime Unit exclusively ...

He told lawmakers the NYPD currently has 85 drones and, in 2023 ... Albert Fox Cahn founded the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project. He says the department's use of drones violates the ...

A photo obtained by The Post shows an NYPD officer holding ... spokesperson told The Post that the drone was used in a demonstration of its clean energy technology three years ago, and had been ...

The program is an expansion of ongoing efforts to use technology in policing. With the launch, there are 100 total drones in use throughout the New York City Police Department (NYPD), though they ...