New York, NY – As part of a long-term initiative named “NYPD2020,” NYPD officials have unveiled a prototype smart car that it is calling the “cruiser of the very near future.”
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WSJ.com (http://on.wsj.com/19jAMiC) reports that the smart car—part of the series of initiatives delivered to outgoing police commissioner Ray Kelly in November—is equipped with a scanner that can read license plates and instantly check the numbers against a crime database, as well as surveillance cameras and air sensors capable of transmitting real time information to headquarters.
According to sources the initial prototype has been operating out of the 84th precinct in Brooklyn for about a year already.
One system necessary for processing the data sent back from the smart cruiser is already functioning at police headquarters, and officials say additional systems will be installed in other boroughs as the program fans out in coming years.
NYPD’s Deputy Inspector Brandon del Pozo, who is charged with heading up the program, said that the new cruisers will be constantly scanning drivers’ plates checking for stolen cars, outstanding traffic infractions, or any other legal issues involving the plate, and instantly be able to know if the plate is clean.
Del Pozo said, “It reads any set of numbers. If it doesn’t get a hit, it gets stored. We don’t look at [the results] unless an investigation points to them.”
There’s big brother for ya – in the WORST way!!!
LAPD has had these cars for a long time already. We just don’t brag about them. We use them effectively!
Big brother spying again.