NYPD roll out "randomly selected" metal detector in passage between Times Square & PA
Dec 14, 2018, 1:27 pm
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NYPD roll out "randomly selected" metal detector in passage between Times Square & PA
NYPD Tests Out Metal Detectors In The Subway: Gothamist
On the anniversary of a bombing in the passage between the Times Square & Port Authority Subway stations the NYPD has put one, singular, metal detector where travelers will be randomly selected for scanning and since everyone will trigger with everyday items on them a freedom pat down.
Gothamist made a joke about MTA selling PreCheck.
On the anniversary of a bombing in the passage between the Times Square & Port Authority Subway stations the NYPD has put one, singular, metal detector where travelers will be randomly selected for scanning and since everyone will trigger with everyday items on them a freedom pat down.
Gothamist made a joke about MTA selling PreCheck.
Dec 16, 2018, 6:51 am
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Dec 16, 2018, 10:44 am
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And what happens to anyone who is gutsy enough (or unlucky enough) to be traveling without a valid government picture ID?
Do you have to produce ID on demand in NYC?
Do you have to produce ID on demand in NYC?
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Dec 16, 2018, 3:48 pm
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I have little doubt that they NYC police agencies think doing this is ok. I don't know how NYC police agencies are laid out but guessing they have a Transit Police agency. NYPD certainly had no problem with Stop and Frisk. I'm afraid that we citizens have been complacent of our freedoms for so long that the police state believes it can do anything they like.
Dec 17, 2018, 2:01 am
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If you are connecting between A, C, E and 7, R, Q, N that costs an extra fare. PA Bus Terminal pax can leave the system and exit/enter PABT by walking on the street, not "nice" with inclement weather.
Dec 17, 2018, 7:45 pm
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"Do you have to produce ID on demand in NYC?"
I think in most states there has to be RAS (reasonable articulable suspicion) that a crime has been committed or is about to be committed.
I've seen lots of videos on youtube with cops saying you have to carry your papers (please!) at all times but that's hogwash.
I think in most states there has to be RAS (reasonable articulable suspicion) that a crime has been committed or is about to be committed.
I've seen lots of videos on youtube with cops saying you have to carry your papers (please!) at all times but that's hogwash.
Dec 18, 2018, 6:09 am
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BTW, a quote from one of the other articles I read was:
Another commenter noted that the officers in the photo appear to be guarding the new device "in case anyone tries to use it."
Dec 18, 2018, 9:04 am
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How many police are dedicated to this thing? I'm counting around 9 in this picture. Isn't that a waste of police officers who should be out on the streets? Something stinks to high heaven about this. Wonder how much money DHS is funneling to the NYPD?
Dec 18, 2018, 9:15 am
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New York City will receive $178 million under the Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) to update emergency preparedness equipment and programs like the New York City Police Department’s (NYPD) Critical Response Command, the New York City Fire Department’s (FDNY) active shooter training program, and radiological detection tools. That marks a $627,000 increase in UASI funding from the previous year.
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Dec 19, 2018, 12:17 pm
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When I watched the videos, I noticed two young people wearing backpacks loaded to the gills who went through without a beep. A woman carrying a small purse set it off. The video conveniently cut off before you could see what the cops did to her afterwarda.
Dec 19, 2018, 2:13 pm
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It seemed to me as if they didn't realize it had beeped; the cop directing people into it didn't react at all.