NYPD will deploy drones to respond to 911 calls in 5 NYC precincts, officials say
The NYPD has plans to have drones respond to select 911 calls in five New York City police precincts — including Central Park, officials said at a hearing on Thursday.
Daughtry dubbed the pilot program “drones as first responders,” adding that drones would respond to “certain” 911 calls, though he did not specify for which emergency situations they might be used. Daughtry also pledged to phase out drones made by Da Jiang Innovations, a Chinese company and top global drone manufacturer, from the NYPD’s fleet. Critics haveSome civil liberties activists characterize the NYPD’s use of drones as a violation of privacy.
NYPD Detective Matthew Andrews-Sales, the NYPD’s head drone pilot, previously provided Gothamist with an exclusive demonstration of how drone cameras can zoom in on people and objects from the air, clearly showing details like someone’s face.
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