Under the POST Act — short for Public Oversight of Police Technology — the NYPD would need to publicly disclose each item’s current and future “impact and use policies,” seek public feedback, and explain whether court permission is needed for deployment.
The NYPD opposes the bill, saying it would provide a “road map for terrorists.” Deputy Commissioner for Intelligence and Counterterrorism John Miller called it “insane.”
“It would require the police department to list them, all in one place, describe how they work and what the limitations we place on our use of them,” Miller testified. “In effect, it would make a one-stop-shopping guide for understanding these tools and how to thwart them.”
Garodnick said the bill sought only general, not operational, details.
The NYPD said the transparency bill was unnecessary. NYPD brass testifying Wednesday pointed to oversight already provided by the department’s existing inspector general, a court monitor under a settlement catalyzed by the NYPD’s past monitoring of Muslims, the patrol guide posted online and decades old Handschu guidelines, which constrain when and how the NYPD may conduct surveillance. The NYPD had once opposed these, Councilman Rory Lancman (D-Queens) noted.
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If New Yorkers were concerned about crime and terrorism, they would not have elected Democrats. Under a democratic (small “d’) form of government it is for the voters to choose, and most voters in New York oppose the police and support the criminals. If that is not the case, then the mayor and city council will be unemployed after the next election.
What an astoundingly stupid idea!
If the liberals who support this weren’t doing this to help terrorist they would first make the police showcase all speed and red light cameras.