A 30-day pilot program of using scanners to detect weapons in the subway is over. According to the NYPD, some 2,749 scans done during the pilot program. There were 118 false positives, the NYPD said. Twelve knives were recovered.
NEW YORK - A pilot program to use scanners to detect weapons in New York City's subway system has ended. Critics say the data shows the program was 'objectively a failure.' Program was controversial from the startBack in July, the city started deploying Evolv weapon scanners at 20 subway stations. According to the NYPD, some 2,749 scans were done during the pilot program. There were 118 false positives, the NYPD said. Twelve knives were recovered.
This is objectively a failure, no matter how hard City Hall tries to spin this data,' the Legal Aid Society said in a statement. 'Given this failed pilot, all the other overwhelming evidence against using Evolv's weapons detectors, and the surrounding controversies, including lawsuits and various investigations, we hope that this ill-conceived, fraught, and unwanted idea is finally shelved for good.' Mayor Eric Adams had high hopes for the program when he unveiled it.
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