{"id":2020216,"date":"2023-09-02T11:53:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T15:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-to-use-drones-over-labor-day-weekend-to-monitor-parties\/"},"modified":"2023-09-02T11:55:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T15:55:19","slug":"police-to-use-drones-over-labor-day-weekend-to-monitor-parties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-to-use-drones-over-labor-day-weekend-to-monitor-parties\/","title":{"rendered":"Police will deploy drones to monitor parties during Labor Day weekend."},"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\">22<\/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%2Fpolice-to-use-drones-over-labor-day-weekend-to-monitor-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=2020216&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>Surveillance Drones to\u2063 Monitor \u2062Outdoor Parties \u200din NYC This Weekend<\/h2>\n<p>Get ready for an \u200dunexpected guest at your outdoor party \u200bin New York City this weekend &#8211; a \u200bsurveillance drone. City officials have recently announced their plan to utilize\u200b drones to monitor large gatherings and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-governor-calls-in-national-guard-ahead-of-trial-over-george-floyds-death\/\" title=\"Minnesota Governor Calls In National Guard Ahead Of Trial Over George Floyd\u2019s Death\">ensure public safety<\/a>. While this move has sparked anger among privacy advocates, the NYPD believes it is a necessary step to maintain\u2064 order.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIf a caller states \u200dthere\u2019s a\u2062 large crowd,\u200c a large party in the backyard, we\u2019re going to be\u2062 utilizing our assets to go up, to go \u2063check on the party, \u200bto make sure if the call \u2063is founded or \u200dnot,\u201d \u200cKaz Daughtry, assistant NYPD commissioner, said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The New \u2063York Times reported that \u2063the police will\u2063 determine the number \u200bof resources required based on the drone&#8217;s\u200c findings. This decision comes in\u2062 light of the upcoming 56th annual West Indian American Day parade and J\u2019Ouvert festival,\u200b where security is \u200ca top concern.<\/p>\n<h3>Ensuring \u2064Safety\u2063 Amidst \u2062Previous\u2062 Incidents<\/h3>\n<p>Last year, the festival-related gatherings in Brooklyn\u2063 witnessed\u2063 three \u2062shootings,\u2064 prompting the NYPD to seize\u200d 27 guns. The Washington Post reported that the events attract around 2 million people, making it crucial \u200cto enhance security measures.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cNow for anyone who thinks \u2064they\u2019re gonna come into this community this weekend with bad intentions, we \u200ball\u2063 here stand together and we say not this weekend, nor any other weekends. Our police officers\u2062 will be diligent, visible, \u200band some won\u2019t be visible,\u201d \u200dsaid NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While the \u200bNYPD\u2064 believes\u200b that deploying surveillance drones \u2063will contribute\u2062 to public safety, privacy advocates are outraged by\u2062 this decision.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis is \u200dreally alarming. A \u2064plan to send drones into people\u2019s\u2064 backyards just for having\u200d a barbecue should \u200bhave never gotten\u200c off the ground. This \u2062is incredibly\u2062 invasive and\u200c downright creepy,\u201d expressed \u200cAlbert Fox\u2064 Cahn, executive director of the Surveillance Technology\u200d Oversight Project.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Daniel Schwarz of the New York \u2063Civil Liberties Union also criticized the move, stating, \u201cDeploying surveillance drones over New Yorkers gathering with their friends and families to\u200c celebrate J\u2019Ouvert \u2062is racialized \u2062discrimination, and it doesn\u2019t make us safer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the backlash, New York City \u2063Mayor Eric Adams supports the use of drones for \u2064monitoring \u2064purposes.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe have to push\u2063 back on the\u200b sci-fi aspects of drones. No one\u2019s going to be monitoring what you\u2019re talking about, your conversation,\u201d Mayor Adams assured.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He further explained that the drones would be used to address noise complaints and disruptive behavior, allowing the\u200c police\u200b to respond more efficiently.<\/p>\n<p>However, privacy advocates remain skeptical \u2062about the effectiveness and \u200bpotential abuse of this \u2062technology.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis \u2062is ripe\u2064 for abuse. \u2064The mayor keeps doing this. Whenever there\u2019s something\u2062 that might \u2062generate a bad headline, he \u2062looks \u200dfor some \u200dtechnological gimmick that can \u2062fix it,&#8221; expressed \u2064Albert Fox Cahn.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While the NYPD believes that drones can be deployed effectively and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-randomly-makes-up-story-about-being-born-in-same-hospital-his-grandfather-died-at-weeks-prior\/\" title=\"Biden Randomly Makes Up Story About Being Born in Same Hospital His Grandfather Died at Weeks Prior\">provide valuable insights<\/a>, critics argue that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">long-term investments<\/a> in public safety are more reliable.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe continue to have police peddling the myth that their technology somehow will magically keep us\u2062 safe, when in fact, it\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-to-use-drones-over-labor-day-weekend-to-monitor-parties\/\" title=\"Police will deploy drones to monitor parties during Labor Day weekend.\">long-term structural\u200d investments<\/a> in public safety that are proven\u200d to be effective,\u201d Cahn stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite the ongoing debate, the NYPD\u200d remains confident in \u2064the potential of drones to enhance their operations.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe can get\u200d the\u200d drones there quicker than a police car. They could spot out what the situation is from\u200b overhead and give us a heads-up \u200dof what we\u2019re looking\u2063 at,\u201d\u200d explained NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As the Labor Day \u200cweekend approaches, New\u200d Yorkers can expect\u2062 to\u2062 see surveillance\u200c drones hovering\u2063 above their \u2063outdoor gatherings. While the \u2063intention is to ensure \u2062public safety, the use of this technology continues to raise concerns \u2064about privacy and discrimination.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/police-use-drones-labor-day-weekend-monitor-parties\/\">The Western Journal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>monitor the situation,&#8221; said a city official. Privacy advocates are outraged by the announcement of surveillance drones potentially monitoring outdoor parties in New York City this weekend. The use of these drones to monitor large crowds has sparked concerns about privacy infringement and raised questions about the balance between public safety and individual rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":2020217,"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-2020216","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\/2020216","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\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2020216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2020217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2020216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2020216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2020216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}