Planet Money · Friday, October 23, 2026
Former NYPD officials and legal advocates discuss the NYPD's Domain Awareness System, which aggregates data from over 80,000 cameras, automated license plate readers, and databases without requiring a warrant. Civil rights lawyers and critics highlight that this massive surveillance web operates with minimal public consent or oversight.
“So it draws data from 80,000-plus cameras across the city, footage from drones, automated license plate readers. Facial recognition tech can be used alongside it. And it's done without a warrant.”