{"id":2019996,"date":"2023-09-02T01:31:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T05:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nypd-to-monitor-labor-day-gatherings-with-drones\/"},"modified":"2023-09-02T01:36:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T05:36:38","slug":"nypd-to-monitor-labor-day-gatherings-with-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nypd-to-monitor-labor-day-gatherings-with-drones\/","title":{"rendered":"NYPD to use drones for Labor Day surveillance."},"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\">16<\/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%2Fnypd-to-monitor-labor-day-gatherings-with-drones%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=2019996&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--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<p>New Yorkers may\u200b see an uninvited guest at\u200d their backyard Labor Day parties this weekend in\u2063 the form of \u2063surveillance drones.<\/p>\n<p>On \u2063Thursday, New York Police\u2062 Department officials announced they would employ\u200b surveillance drones to help monitor large gatherings \u2062over the Labor Day <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-quietly-issued-another-executive-order-this-one-concerning-the-military\/\" title=\"President Trump Quietly Issued Another Executive Order \u2013 This One Concerning the Military\">holiday weekend<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The holiday weekend also \u2062coincides\u200d with the West Indian celebration known\u2063 as J&#8217;Ouvert. The J&#8217;Ouvert festivities will include the West\u2064 Indian American Day Parade in New York City on Sept. 4.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\">\n<div class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/nypd-arrests-16-year-old-girl-for-allegedly-assaulting-asian-woman-on-subway-5459051\">NYPD Arrests 16-Year-Old\u200d Girl for \u2063Allegedly Assaulting \u200cAsian Woman on Subway<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">8\/11\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/nypd-arrests-16-year-old-girl-for-allegedly-assaulting-asian-woman-on-subway-5459051\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/art-teacher-who-chased-reporters-with-machete-surrenders-to-nypd-5292032\">Art Teacher Who Chased Reporters With\u200c Machete Surrenders \u2063to NYPD<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">5\/25\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/art-teacher-who-chased-reporters-with-machete-surrenders-to-nypd-5292032\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The Labor Day holiday weekend is one of the most spirited \u200band festive times of the year in \u2064New\u2062 York \u2063City. Both \u2063the\u2062 J&#8217;Ouvert festival and the \u2063West Indian \u200cAmerican Day Parade celebrate rich cultural heritage and showcase our city&#8217;s vibrant diversity,&#8221; said\u2064 NYPD Commissioner Edward\u200c Caban.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And it&#8217;s the NYPD&#8217;s job\u200c to keep \u200cit \u200bsafe\u2063 for everyone to enjoy \u200bas we do every \u2062year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Caban said the NYPD would \u200bhave a\u2063 strong \u2064presence\u2063 throughout the weekend with uniformed officers on foot posts and vehicle patrols.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And we&#8217;ll be using the latest\u200b technologies to enhance our security plan,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Assistant \u200cNYPD Commissioner Kaz Daughtry \u200cannounced that the technology being\u2064 used \u200bfor \u2062security throughout the city \u200bwould include aerial drones. Mr. Daughtry said the drones could be used for both &#8220;priority and non-priority calls,&#8221; including checking on social\u2063 gatherings.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If a caller states there\u2019s a large crowd, a \u200dlarge party in a backyard, we\u2019re going to be utilizing our assets \u200cto go up\u2064 and go check on the party to make sure if \u2062the call is founded or not,&#8221; Mr. Daughtry explained. &#8220;And we&#8217;ll be able to determine how many resources we need to send to that location.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>A\u2064 police officer confiscates a bottle of alcohol during a \u200cCaribbean street carnival called J&#8217;Ouvert in the\u2063 Brooklyn borough of New York City \u2063on Sept.\u2063 4,\u200b 2017. J&#8217;Ouvert, which draws tens \u2064of thousands of costumed \u200ccelebrants, has been plagued by violence\u2062 in recent years, resulting \u200din\u200d new intensive security \u200dmeasures. (Stephanie Keith\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Drones Raise Privacy Concerns<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nypd-to-monitor-labor-day-gatherings-with-drones\/\" title=\"NYPD to use drones for Labor Day surveillance.\">drone-based\u2064 surveillance methods drew<\/a> some criticism\u200d from\u2063 local privacy advocates.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel \u2064Schwarz, \u200ca\u2063 privacy and technology strategist at the New York\u200b Civil \u2064Liberties Union (NYCLU),\u2064 said the drone deployment \u200ccould conflict with\u2063 the Public Oversight of Surveillance Technology (POST) Act, a 2020 city law that \u2062requires the NYPD to publish\u2064 its rules and \u2064regulations \u200dsurrounding the use of various surveillance technologies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDeploying drones in this way is\u2063 a sci-fi-inspired scenario,&#8221; Mr. Schwarz said.<\/p>\n<p>NYPD policy\u2062 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/assets\/nypd\/downloads\/pdf\/public_information\/post-final\/unmanned-aircraft-systems-uas-nypd-impact-and-use-policy_4.9.21_final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pdf<\/a>) states that an aerial drone, also known as an Unmanned \u200dAerial System (UAS), may be\u200b used in a variety of cases,\u2064 such as search and rescue \u2062missions. They can also be used in the\u2064 surveillance of large inaccessible scenes and &#8220;rooftop security observations at shooting or \u2063large\u200d scale events,\u200d public safety, emergency, and\u200d other situations with the approval of the\u200d Chief of Department.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>NYPD policy further \u200bstates that &#8220;absent exigent \u2064circumstances, a UAS will not be used in \u200careas where\u200d there is a reasonable expectation of privacy without NYPD personnel first obtaining a\u2063 search warrant that explicitly authorizes\u200b the use of \u200ba UAS.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Police Overreach?<\/h2>\n<p>Albert Fox \u2063Cahn, \u2063the executive director\u2062 of the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (STOP), expressed\u200d his own reservations about the use\u200c of these drones \u200bto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-city-parties-to-be-surveilled-by-police-drones-this-weekend-igniting-privacy-debate\/\" title=\"NYC parties to be monitored by police drones, sparking privacy debate.\">monitor backyard parties<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClearly,\u200b flying a drone over a \u200cbackyard barbecue is a step too far for many New Yorkers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>NTD News reached \u2064out to the NYPD\u2064 for comment about its drone use policies but did not receive a response by the time this article was published.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>A police \u200dsign reads &#8220;no music&#8221; along the route of a Caribbean street\u200d carnival called J&#8217;ouvert in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on\u2062 Sept. 4, 2017. J&#8217;Ouvert, which\u200d draws \u2063tens\u2062 of thousands of costumed\u2064 celebrants, has been plagued by violence in recent years, resulting in new intensive security measures. (Stephanie Keith\/Getty\u2064 Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The NYCLU said the use of police surveillance drones in \u200cthe context of monitoring West Indian \u200ccultural celebrations \u2064also \u200bposes a concern \u2062about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/student-group-sues-yale-for-discrimination-revives-trump-era-case\/\" title=\"Student Group Sues Yale for Discrimination, Revives Trump-Era Case\">race-based discrimination<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Deploying\u200d surveillance drones over \u200dNew Yorkers gathering with their friends and families to celebrate J\u2019ouvert is \u200dracialized discrimination, and it doesn\u2019t \u200bmake us safer,&#8221; the organization said in a Friday <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYCLU\/status\/1697674534227189954\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post<\/a> on X, \u2062formerly Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>J&#8217;Ouvert was \u2062first celebrated \u2062by freed slaves in the Caribbean and \u2063has become a tradition in New York City, where more than 600,000 people of West Indian heritage\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/ny1.com\/nyc\/all-boroughs\/in-focus-shows\/2022\/09\/03\/west-indian-american-day-carnival-returns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">now live<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fmr-capitol-police-chief-sends-letter-explaining-how-intel-community-failed-to-respond-to-jan-6-protests\/\" title=\"Fmr. Capitol Police chief sends letter explaining how Intel Community failed to respond to Jan. 6 protests\">heightened security measures<\/a> come after past\u200b J&#8217;Ouvert celebrations have been marred by violence. Two\u200d people were\u2064 killed, and five more were injured in shootings and stabbings during J&#8217;Ouvert celebrations in New York City in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/news\/local\/ny-injuries-in-shootings-west-indian-day-parade-labor-day-route-police\/2037626\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2016<\/a>. The celebrations hav<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Yorkers may encounter unexpected surveillance drones at their Labor Day parties. 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