{"id":2019288,"date":"2023-09-01T12:05:08","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T16:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-sci-fi-inspired-scenario-police-to-deploy-drones-to-spy-on-backyard-labor-day-parties\/"},"modified":"2023-09-01T12:09:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T16:09:28","slug":"a-sci-fi-inspired-scenario-police-to-deploy-drones-to-spy-on-backyard-labor-day-parties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-sci-fi-inspired-scenario-police-to-deploy-drones-to-spy-on-backyard-labor-day-parties\/","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Fi Scenario: Police Use Drones to Monitor Labor Day Parties"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fa-sci-fi-inspired-scenario-police-to-deploy-drones-to-spy-on-backyard-labor-day-parties%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2019288&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Sci-Fi Inspired Scenario: Police to \u2063Deploy Drones to Spy on Backyard Labor Day Parties<\/h2>\n<p>Those attending outdoor\u200b parties or\u2064 barbecues in \u2062New York City this weekend may notice an uninvited guest looming over their festivities: a police surveillance drone.<\/p>\n<p>The New York City <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-police-officer-discovers-young-man-walking-to-work-offers-him-life-changing-gift\/\" title=\"Flashback: Police Officer Discovers Young Man Walking to Work, Offers Him Life-Changing Gift\">police department<\/a> plans to pilot the unmanned aircraft in response to complaints about\u2062 large gatherings, including private events,\u2062 over Labor Day weekend,\u200c officials announced\u200d Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf a caller states\u2063 there\u2019s \u2062a large crowd, a large party in a backyard, \u2063we\u2019re going to be utilizing our assets to go up and go check on the party,\u201d Kaz Daughtry, the assistant\u2062 NYPD commissioner, said\u2062 at a news conference.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The plan \u200ddrew immediate backlash from privacy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-biden-admin-considering-using-private-firms-to-conduct-warrantless-surveillance-of-u-s-citizens\/\" title=\"CNN: Biden Admin Considering Using Private Firms To Conduct Warrantless Surveillance Of U.S. Citizens\">civil liberties advocates<\/a>, raising questions about whether such drone use violated existing laws for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nyc-wants-implement-mass-gun-surveillance-next\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">police\u2062 surveillance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a troubling announcement\u2064 and it flies in the face of the POST Act,\u201d\u200b said Daniel Schwarz, a privacy and \u2062technology strategist\u200d at the New York Civil \u200dLiberties Union, referring to \u2064a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/site\/nypd\/about\/about-nypd\/policy\/post-act.page\">2020 city law<\/a> that requires the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nypd-commissioner-roasted-people-notice-anti-cop-slogan-hidden-pride-month-squad-car-designs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NYPD<\/a> to disclose its surveillance tactics. \u201cDeploying drones in \u2064this way is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-sci-fi-inspired-scenario-police-to-deploy-drones-to-spy-on-backyard-labor-day-parties\/\" title=\"Sci-Fi Scenario: Police Use Drones to Monitor Labor Day Parties\">sci-fi inspired scenario<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The move was announced during a security \u2063briefing focused on J\u2019ouvert, an\u200d annual Caribbean festival marking the end of slavery that brings thousands of \u200crevelers and\u200b a heavy\u2063 police presence to the streets of Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<p>Daughtry said the drones would respond to\u2064 \u201cnon-priority\u200d and priority calls\u201d beyond the parade route.<\/p>\n<p>Like many cities, New York is increasingly relying on drones for policing purposes. Data maintained \u200dby the city \u2062shows the police department has used drones for public safety\u200b or emergency purposes 124 times this year,\u2062 up from just four times in all of 2022. They were spotted in the skies after a \u200dparking garage collapse earlier\u200c this year and when a giveaway event devolved into teenage mayhem.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Eric Adams, a former police captain, has said he wants to see police further embrace the \u201cendless\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/birds-arent-real-wild-conspiracy-theory-given-new-life-school-reveals-converting-birds-drones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">potential of drones<\/a>, \u2062citing Israel\u2019s use of the technology\u200b as a blueprint after visiting the country last week.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>But as\u200c the technology proliferates, privacy advocates say regulations have not \u2062kept\u200c up, opening the door to intrusive surveillance that \u2062would be illegal if conducted by a\u2063 human police officer.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cOne of the biggest concerns \u2064with the rush to roll out new forms of aerial \u200bsurveillance \u200dis how few\u2062 protections we have against seeing these cameras\u200b aimed at our backyards or even our bedrooms,\u201d \u2063said \u2064Albert Fox Cahn, the executive director \u2063of the Surveillance Technology Oversight \u200cProject.<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD did not respond to an email seeking further information about its drone policies.<\/p>\n<p>In response to a request\u200c for comment, a spokesperson for Adams shared \u2062a link\u2064 to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/site\/nypd\/news\/p00087\/nypd-new-rules-concerning-unmanned-aircraft#:~:text=When%20flying%20a%20drone%20in,copy%20of%20their%20insurance%20policy\">new \u2064guidelines<\/a> that make \u200cit easier\u2062 for \u2062private drone operators\u200d to fly\u2062 in the city, but which do not address whether the \u200dNYPD\u2062 has any policies for\u200c drone surveillance.<\/p>\n<p>Around 1,400 police departments across the country \u2062are currently using drones in some form, according to a \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclu.org\/documents\/eye-in-the-sky-policing-needs-strict-limits\">recent report<\/a> from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/leftists-melt-beloved-aclu-defends-trump-hacked\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Civil Liberties Union<\/a>. Under federal rules, they are \u2062generally limited to flying within the operator\u2019s line of sight, though many departments have\u2063 requested exemptions.<\/p>\n<p>The report predicted the use of drones was \u201cpoised to explode\u201d among police \u2063departments.<\/p>\n<p>Cahn, the privacy advocate, said city officials should be more transparent\u200b with the public \u200cabout how police are currently using drones,\u200b with\u2064 clear guardrails that prevent surveillance overreach in the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClearly, flying a drone over a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-were-not-always-best-on-messaging-to-everyone-on-vaccines-for-conservatives-we-contacted-nascar\/\" title=\"Psaki: We\u2019re Not Always Best On Messaging To Everyone On Vaccines, For Conservatives We Contacted NASCAR\">backyard barbecue<\/a> is a step too \u200bfar for many\u2062 New Yorkers,\u201d \u2062Cahn said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic\">The\u2063 Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press\u2063 story and may have altered it prior to publication to\u2062 ensure that it meets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-sci-fi-inspired-scenario-police-deploy-drones-spy-backyard-labor-day-parties\/\">&#8216;A Sci-Fi Inspired Scenario&#8217;: Police to Deploy Drones to Spy on Backyard Labor Day Parties<\/a> appeared first\u200d on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attending outdoor parties or barbecues in NYC this weekend? Beware of an unwelcome visitor: a police surveillance drone. In response to complaints about large gatherings, including private events, the NYPD will test unmanned aircraft. Officials announced this on Thursday, ahead of Labor Day weekend. Stay vigilant!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":2019289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2019288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2019288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2019288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2019288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2019289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2019288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2019288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2019288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}