{"id":5897,"date":"2018-12-31T16:29:59","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T16:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/drone-to-watch-over-new-year-celebration-in-new-york\/"},"modified":"2018-12-31T16:29:59","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T16:29:59","slug":"drone-to-watch-over-new-year-celebration-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/drone-to-watch-over-new-year-celebration-in-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Drone to watch over New Year celebration in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A camera-equipped drone will watch over New Year’s Eve celebrations in New York City, the NYPD has confirmed.<\/p>\n

It is the first time the force has used a surveillance drone to monitor the annual party in Times Square.<\/p>\n

It will be tethered to a building so that it cannot fall on to the crowd below if something goes wrong.<\/p>\n

The force said it would also deploy “counter-drone technology” to prevent unauthorised aircraft flying over the celebration in Times Square.<\/p>\n

It declined to elaborate on its counter-drone measures, but said visitors to the city should leave their drones at home.<\/p>\n

The drone will let police move the camera to a point of interest with “greater rapidity”, the NYPD’s John Miller said at a press conference.<\/p>\n

However, officers declined to say how many camera drones would be deployed.<\/p>\n

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More than a million people are expected to celebrate New Year in the area surrounding Times Square, where the annual “ball drop” on top of One Times Square will take place.<\/p>\n

In addition to the drone, the NYPD said it would deploy thousands of cameras, officers and other security measures to keep party-goers safe. <\/p>\n

“You will see a lot of officers with a lot of gear and long guns,” said Police Commissioner James O’Neill. <\/p>\n

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He also urged the public to remember the “see something, say something” campaign, and to report anything suspicious to police.<\/p>\n

“That’s not just a slogan… in fact, attacks have been stopped because someone said something. Lives have been saved because someone said something,” he said.<\/p>\n

“If something doesn’t feel right, you’ve got to tell an NYPD officer.”<\/p>\n

However, he stressed the measures were precautionary and said police had not received any credible threats of disruption.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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