Mayor Eric Adams introduces the NYPD's K5 robot at the Times Square subway station. A report from the Department of Investigation found police did not properly disclose information in advance of deploying a suite of technologies that Adams rolled out in 2023. | Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography OfficeNEW YORK — The NYPD continues to flout a 2020 law requiring it to disclose new types of policing technology, city investigators have discovered.
“The recommendations in this Report will enhance these policies, increase transparency, and facilitate future oversight,” Barrett added. In addition to Digidog, it looked at the police department’s use of the Knightscope K5 Autonomous Security Robot, a cone on wheels that was pulled from its nocturnal patrols of the Times Square subway station after a pilot program; the StarChase GPS system, which allows officers to fire a tracking device projectile designed to stick to a car; smartphone fingerprinting technology and an augmented reality program that officers can download on their phones.