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The John F. Kennedy International Airport is one of 18 airports where Customs and Border Protection is using face recognition technology as of March 2019. An executive order signed by Pres. Trump in 2019 requires Customs and Border Protection to install face recognition technology at the United States' top 20 airports by 2021.

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According to the Brennan Center for Justice, the New York Police Department's video analytics system "is intended to automatically alert NYPD officials to activities, such as 'suspicious package was left' or “loitering.'"

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Nonprofit report (Brennan Center for Justice)
News Article (The Intercept)

According to the Brennan Center for Justice: "The NYPD uses its own proprietary system that tries to locate hotspots for a particular crime based on an unknown number and type of data inputs."

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Nonprofit report (Brennan Center for Justice)
Public records (Brennan Center for Justice)
Public records (Brennan Center for Justice)

The New York Police Department operates approximately 500 automated license plate readers as part of its Domain Awareness System

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Nonprofit report (Brennan Center for Justice)
Government information (NYPD)

The New York Police Department started its body-worn camera program in 2017 and had outfitted all patrol officers with cameras as of March 2019.

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Nonprofit report (Brennan Center for Justice)
Policy (NYPD)
Government information (NYPD)

The New York City Police Department began using ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology in 2015.

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Government information (New York City Government)

The New York Police Department opened its real-time crime center in 2005 at cost of $11 million. The RTCC is located wihthin the NYPD Headquarters in New York City and is staffed with more than 40 detectives and civilian analysts. In 2019, a report from the Brennan Center detailed the purchase of facial recognition technology and ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology. The RTCC also provides access to a variety of databases and data analytical software.

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Government information (New York Police Department)
News article (NYPD)
Nonprofit report (Brennan Center)

The New York City Police Department has been using face recognition since 2011 and updated its policies most recently in 2020. According to the NYPD, in 2019 the Facial Identification Section received 9,850 requests for comparison and identified 2,510 possible matches.

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Government information (NYPD)
Academic Report (Georgetown Law)
News article (New York Post)

The Metropolitan Transit Authority Police scanned 2,536,196 license plates in 2017 using Vigilant Solutions automated license plate readers.

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The New York Police Department has acquired a cell-site simulator from KeyW, which has since between acquired by Jacobs Technology.

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Nonprofit report (Brennan Center for Justice)
News article (Vocativ)
News article (Kevin Collier)

The New York Police Department operates 14 DJI drones as of 2018, according to data compiled by the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College.

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Academic report (Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College)

The New York City Police Department has 19 drones, according to a 2022 report from the New York Civil Liberties Union.

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Nonprofit Report (ACLU of New York)

The New York City Department of Environmental Protection Police has one drone, according to a 2022 report from the New York Civil Liberties Union.

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Nonprofit Report (ACLU of New York)