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1 Angel Diaz, New York City Police Department Surveillance Technology 1 (2019)

handle is hein.brennan/nysdsuv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: New York City Police Department Surveillance Technology By Angel Diaz PUBLISHED OCTOBER 7,2019 In every age, police forces gain access to new tools and technologies that may advance their mission to prevent and combat crime. The deployment of new technologies requires an understanding of their impacts on the fundamental rights of the commu- nities that police serve and the development of safeguards to prevent abuse. The New York Police Department (NYPD), however, has purchased and used new surveillance technologies while attempt- ing to keep the public and the City Council in the dark. This chart provides an overview of the NYPD's surveil- lance technology, based on publicly available information, as well as the potential impact of the use of these tools. Because the police insist on complete secrecy, however, the picture is far from complete. The NYPD should not be allowed to prevent the public and its elected representa- tives from learning basic information necessary on these technologies, which is critical to effective oversight and the establishment of safeguards to protect the privacy and civil liberties of New Yorkers. The POST Act, intro- duced by Council Member Vanessa Gibson and currently supported by 28 co-sponsors, would require NYPD to take these steps. Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law 1

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