How the NYPD Is Using Post-9/11 Tools on Everyday New Yorkers
Ali Watkins The New York Times
The department's Technical Assistance Response Unit operates a drone fleet that was announced in 2018. (photo: Uli Seit/NYT)
09 September 2021
Two decades after the attack on New York City, the Police Department is using counterterrorism tools and tactics to combat routine street crime.
But the truth was more complicated: Mr. Reyes had first been identified by the New York Police Department’s powerful facial recognition software as it analyzed surveillance video of the crime.
His guilty plea this year was not solely the result of keen-eyed detectives practicing old school police work. Instead, it was part of the sprawling legacy of one of the city’s darkest days.
