The NYPD could be exploring plans to use unmanned aircraft as a law enforcement tool in New York City to keep an eye on city parks and streets.
In a recent email obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, an NYPD Detective in the Counterterrorism Unit asks the Federal Aviation Administration about the use of unmanned aircraft as a way to protect the city.
So far, no local police departments in the USA have been authorised to use them, but police departments in Houston and Miami have conducted field tests — and New York could be next.
Source: WPIX