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2019: Capture of a thief from a photo of a famous actor using a facial recognition system
In mid-May 2019, it became known that the NYPD used a photo of Woody Harrelson in its facial recognition program to catch a criminal who looked like this famous actor.
This happened back in 2017, and an unusual way to capture a thief was written in a report published by the Center on Privacy and Technology at Georgetown University.
It is reported that the police could not provide the facial recognition system with a clear photo of the attacker who stole beer from the store, since the CCTV camera provided a blurred image. Therefore, it was decided to use a photo of the Hollywood star, which, as law enforcement officers suggested, has an external resemblance to the criminal. The system issued several suspects whose appearance is similar to Harrelson. As a result, one of the suspects was detained.
The report mentions another such case. The NYPD used a photo of a player from the New York Knicks basketball club to search its database for a man wanted in Brooklyn.
 | The stakes in criminal investigations are too high to rely on unreliable or incorrect data, "writes Georgetown researcher Claire Garvey. - It's one thing if the company has created a facial recognition system to search for or draw a celebrity double for entertainment purposes. It is quite different when these methods are used to find suspects who may be deprived of their liberty and prosecuted if they coincide. |  |
The New York police said that arrests are not made only on the basis of external similarities - in each case, a thorough investigation is carried out.
A Georgetown report says that facial recognition helped NYPD uncover about 2,900 cases in more than five years of system use.[1]
2018: First use of drones at New Year's Eve celebrations in New York
On December 28, 2018, the NYPD announced plans to use the drone for the first time for security during the New Year celebrations in Times Square. About 2 million people gather on this square in central Manhattan in New York every year on December 31.
An unmanned aerial vehicle with a video camera will be installed on the roof of the building, so that it will not fly directly above the crowd, providing law enforcement officers with an additional view along with 1,225 video cameras on the streets in the Times Square area. If something goes wrong and the drone falls, the territory under it will be quickly cordoned off.
Police Commissioner James O'Neill warned citizens against launching personal drones during a holiday in Times Square: the police, together with the FBI, will prevent the flight of such vehicles, and violators will be arrested. The police commissioner also mentioned the deployment of a new "technology against drones," which is able to block the control of drones in the district.
According to Bloomberg news agency, citing James O'Neill, the drone has become another innovative technology developed by the largest US police department and used at the annual event. In addition to UAVs, law enforcement agencies will use many other anti-terrorist means, including airplanes and helicopters used for aerial surveillance.
In addition, snipers will be placed on the roofs of nearby houses, and to ensure security in the crowd, several thousand police officers will be involved, who will be dressed in both official uniforms and civilian clothes. Other security measures taken in the city include the preparation of special response teams for possible shooting from hotel room windows.[2]
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