Mayor Eric Adams called the weekend “a historic success.”
it would use drones to monitor Labor Day festivities, sending images to a control operations unit at police headquarters. The data helped field commanders determine how many officers to send to a scene, NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell said.
The technology came in handy last weekend when more than 88,000 people crammed into the Electric Zoo festival venue on Randall’s Island. The two-day event hit dangerous levels of overcapacity due to thousands of fake ticket and wristband sales, according to Chell. Chell said police used drones to respond quickly to 911 calls about overcrowding, leaving this year’s Electric Zoo festival safer than last with 41% fewer crimes and 175% more arrests.
“It would have been impossible to get a full scope on the size of the crowd if we didn’t have the technology to do so,” Adams said. “It costs $1,700 to fill up a helicopter that is used in situations like this. It costs 17 cents to fly a drone,” he continued. “That’s just good use of New York tax dollars.”
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