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Last night, New York City police were filmed in Times Square, gently ushering Black Lives Matter counter-protesters…
Jul 8
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While we legally cannot, with 100% certainty, claim “New York’s finest” tried to lazily edit their own entry on…
Jun 5
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As New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s curfew—imposed conveniently at a time when protesters have taken to the…
May 8
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The New York Police Department hasn’t let the coronavirus pandemic go to waste when it comes to pulling the same…
Feb 5
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The New York Police Department is replacing the memo books used by over 30,000 officers to track everything from…
Sep 27
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Because Sojourner “Jo” Mullein—the Green Lantern at the center of writer N.K. Jemisin and artist Jamal Campbell’s…
Mar 10 2019
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The New York City Police Department has developed a pattern-recognition tool called Patternizr to sort through…
Feb 6 2019
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The popular traffic app Waze gathers user-submitted feedback to alert drivers to possible inconveniences they might…
Dec 29 2018
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Thousands upon thousands of people are expected to pack into New York’s Times Square for the annual New Year’s Eve…
Dec 4 2018
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The New York Police Department has acquired an arsenal of 14 drones to help monitor the city.
Dec 1 2018
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The New York City Police Department has suspended a detective after learning he recorded a 32-second video of his…
Oct 21 2018
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The New York Police Department has yanked thousands of police body cams from deployment after a unit “burst into…
Mar 5 2018
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Researchers at the Georgetown Center of Privacy and Technology have filed suit against the NYPD for more details on…
Dec 18 2017
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Social media users are praising a “hero” who was supposedly arrested in New York City for selling altered Chuck E.…
Nov 21 2017
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If a police officer pulls you over for driving while intoxicated, you could be brought in for a breath alcohol test.…
Oct 18 2017
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New York City’s $25.9 million database holding information on tens of millions of dollars in unclaimed forfeitures…
Aug 30 2017
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It’s been roughly two years since Microsoft released a new Windows Phone, and it looks like the company has…
Jun 2 2017
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On Wednesday, a federal judge ruled that the sound emitted from the NYPD’s Long Range Acoustic Devices—portable…
Apr 21 2017
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On Thursday, the Center for Constitutional Rights challenged the NYPD’s body camera policies, asking a judge to…
Feb 1 2017
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At a tech conference last September, former NYPD commissioner Bill Simmons said that outfitting the department’s…