{"id":5937,"date":"2019-01-02T18:33:07","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T18:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/new-york-new-year-drone-plan-scuppered-by-rain\/"},"modified":"2019-01-02T18:33:07","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T18:33:07","slug":"new-york-new-year-drone-plan-scuppered-by-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/new-york-new-year-drone-plan-scuppered-by-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"New York new year drone plan scuppered by rain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width lead\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" alt=\"Celebration in Times Square\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/12FEB\/production\/_105030877_0473e5e2-96da-447d-be84-d4ab9097e012.jpg\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\"\/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">Reuters<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Police plans to fly a camera-equipped drone over New Year&#8217;s Eve celebrations in New York City were ruined by rain.<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD had planned to use a surveillance drone to monitor the annual party in Times Square for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>But police chief Terence Monahan said the drone could not be safely deployed because of heavy rain and wind.<\/p>\n<p>More than a million people celebrated new year at the Times Square event, which went without a hitch.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                 <span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">AFP<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><br \/>\n                    Thousands of NYPD officers worked on New Year&#8217;s Eve<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                 <span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">AFP<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><br \/>\n                    Despite the rain, the party was a success<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The NYPD had planned to use its camera drone in addition to deploying thousands of street cameras, officers and other security measures.<\/p>\n<p>The drone was to be tethered to a building so that it could not fall on to the crowd below if something went wrong.<\/p>\n<p>At a press event on 28 December, the force acknowledged that the aircraft might not work well in poor weather conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Police used helicopters instead to keep an eye on the party from above.<\/p>\n<p>The force also deployed &#8220;counter-drone technology&#8221; to prevent unauthorised aircraft flying over the celebration in Times Square.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-46736553\">Source<\/a> by <a href=\"\">[author_name]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright Reuters Police plans to fly a camera-equipped drone over New Year&#8217;s Eve celebrations in New York City were ruined by rain. The NYPD had planned to use a surveillance drone to monitor the annual party in Times Square for the first time. 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