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      ‘A gift to Moscow’: dismay as NYPD takes part in UAE Swat games with Chechnya and Belarus

      news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Sunday, 11 February - 14:12

    Event has already been widely used as PR opportunity for notorious Chechen unit accused of war crimes in Ukraine

    Led out by a beaming Adam Kadyrov, the son of the Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov , a group of muscular men sporting black beards strode on to the brightly illuminated stage in Dubai last week to receive gold medals and a $5,000 (£3,960) cheque.

    The men were members of the notorious Chechen Akhmat Kadyrov special police regiment, a group Ukrainian officials have said was responsible for some of the worst atrocities in the war with Russia. The unit had just won one of the contests at the international Swat Challenge games, which are held each year in the United Arab Emirates.

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      NYPD using drones to check out noisy backyard parties over Labor Day weekend

      news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Friday, 1 September, 2023 - 15:49

    A drone equipped with a camera hovers in the air

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    The New York City Police Department said it will use drones to check out backyard parties when neighbors call to complain about large crowds this weekend.

    "The drones are going to be responding to non-priority calls and priority calls," NYPD Assistant Commissioner Kaz Daughtry said at a press conference yesterday. "For example, if we have any 311 calls on our non-emergency line where if a caller states there's a large crowd, a large party in the backyard, we're going to be utilizing our assets to go up, to go check on the party, to make sure if the call is founded or not, and we'll be able to determine how many resources we need to send to that location for this weekend. So we will have our drone teams out there starting tonight, all the way into Monday morning."

    Daughtry spoke near the end of a press conference ( see video ) about safety and security measures for J'Ouvert , a "traditional street festival honoring the vast heritage and culture of the Caribbean diaspora," and the West Indian Day Parade.

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      NYPD urges citizens to buy AirTags to fight surge in car thefts

      news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Tuesday, 2 May, 2023 - 18:16

    NYC Mayor Eric Adams holding an AirTag.

    Enlarge / NYC Mayor Eric Adams holding an AirTag. (credit: NYC Mayor's Office/YouTube )

    The New York Police Department (NYPD) and New York City's self-proclaimed computer geek of a mayor are urging resident car owners to equip their vehicles with an Apple AirTag. During a press conference on Sunday, Mayor Eric Adams announced the distribution of 500 free AirTags to New Yorkers, saying the technology would aid in reducing the city's surging car theft numbers.

    Adams held the press conference at the 43rd precinct in the Bronx, where he said there had been 200 instances of grand larceny of autos. An NYPD official said that in New York City, 966 Hyundais and Kias have been stolen this year thus far, already surpassing 2022's 819 total. The NYPD's public crime statistics tracker says there have been 4,492 vehicle thefts this year, a 13.3 percent increase compared to the same period last year and the largest increase among NYC's seven major crime categories.

    Adams, as the city did when announcing litigation against Kia and Hyundai on April 7, largely blamed the rise in car thefts on Kia and Hyundai , which he said are "leading the way" in stolen car brands.

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