NYPD Now Has A Robot Police Officer For Its Manhattan Subway
September 25, 2023
NEW YORK — The City of New York and the New York Police Department (NYPD) on Friday announced the introduction of the Knightscope K5 security
New York, NY – Canine sniff searches of employees for contraband at New York City jails are unconstitutional, the correction officers union said in a new lawsuit against the city filed Tuesday in federal court in Manhattan.
A new order issued by the city Department of Corrections in June authorized the use of dogs to search both employees and visitors, and requires employees to submit to a pat frisk or strip search if they alert the dog’s nose, the lawsuit said.
The new policy also says any employees who refuse a search will be suspended, arrested for obstructing governmental administration and searched on that basis, according to the complaint, which says the new policy violates the Constitution and state law.
The new policy comes amid a campaign by correction Commissioner Joseph Ponte to crack down on massive smuggling of drugs and weapons at Rikers Island and other jails, which the city has identified as a prime cause of violence.
A spokesman for the city’s law department said, “We’ll review the lawsuit once we are served.”
NEW YORK — The City of New York and the New York Police Department (NYPD) on Friday announced the introduction of the Knightscope K5 security
ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis police department’s severely understaffed communication center regularly operated with about half the dispatchers it needed this summer, limiting officers’ ability to
MASSACHUSETTS — A retired Massachusetts State Police lieutenant who pleaded guilty in the overtime scandal that embroiled the agency has successfully appealed the decision to