NYPD will begin testing a new high-tech device that scans for concealed weapons

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The device, which tests for terahertz radiation, is small enough to be placed in a police vehicle or stationed at a street corner where gunplay is common

Get ready for scan-and-frisk.

The NYPD will soon deploy new technology allowing police to detect guns carried by criminals without using the typical pat-down procedure, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Wednesday.

The department just received a machine that reads terahertz — the natural energy emitted by people and inanimate objects — and allows police to view concealed weapons from a distance.

“If something is obstructing the flow of that radiation, for example a weapon, the device will highlight that object,” Kelly said.

A video image aired at a Police Foundation breakfast Wednesday showed an officer, clad in a New York Jets jersey and jeans, with the shape of a hidden gun clearly visible under his clothing when viewed through the device.

The department will begin testing the high-tech device for use on the street. The device is small enough to be placed in a police vehicle or stationed at a street corner where gunplay has occurred in the past.

Kelly, who first discussed the possibility of using this technology last year, said the NYPD has been working with the London Metropolitan Police and a contractor “to develop a tool that meets our requirements.”

“We took delivery of it last week,” Kelly said at the gathering at the Waldorf Astoria. “One of our requirements was that the technology must be portable ...

“We still have a number of trials to run before we can determine how best to deploy this technology. We’re also talking to our legal staff about this. But we’re very pleased with the progress we’ve made over the past year.”

The New York Civil Liberties Union last year raised concerns about “virtual pat downs,” and some security experts have said false positives could lead to unjustified stops.

Read more: NYPD Commissioner says department will begin testing *a new high-tech device that scans for concealed weapons* - NY Daily News

 

[88m3]

bad idea

 

[CASHAPP]

This won't end well.......

 

[daze23]

 

[88m3]

yakub

 

[Colilluminati]

At them testing it on a black man.

 

[CouldntBeMeTho]

Sohh probable cause doesnt exist in NYC anymore?

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

Sohh probable cause doesnt exist in NYC anymore?

nope.
i'm in 2011 or 2012 (not sure which), more black men above the age of 16 were stopped and fisked in NYC than actually live in NYC.

 

[NYC Rebel]

NYC is a testing ground for what will happen to the rest of the country.

 

[Swirv]

nope.
i'm in 2011 or 2012 (not sure which), more black men above the age of 16 were stopped and fisked in NYC than actually live in NYC.

How much longer will we allow ourselves to be treated like this?

 

[alpo]

At them testing it on a black man.

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

How much longer will we allow ourselves to be treated like this?

personally i don't stand for it.
i can recall at least 10 times in the past month that a group
of 5-10 officers attempted to stop and frisk me.

i choked out half of them before the rest could even reach for their guns.
and when they did, they found that their guns had been taken from them...by me.

then i proceeded to

on the rest of those fools and the backup that they called in.

but you won't hear about that on the news though.

 

[Crakface]

NYC is like the UK in America.

Pointing radiation at people though? How is this legal.

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

NYC is like the UK in America.

Pointing radiation at people though? How is this legal.

it doesn't emit radiation, it reads energy emitted my people.
a gun will obstruct the energy your body sends out and they will see the obstruction.

 

[Crakface]

it doesn't emit radiation, it reads energy emitted my people.
a gun will obstruct the energy your body sends out and they will see the obstruction.

Intelligent. Thats an illegal search still. Lot of cases will be thrown out because there was no probable cause to conduct these searches in the first place.