NYPD’s eye-in-the-sky drone program violated its own public disclosure policy, inspector’s report finds

Amid ongoing public alarm over drones flying in the skies above New York and beyond, the Department of Investigation (DOI) released a report Wednesday critiquing the NYPD’s use of unmanned aerial devices.

The DOI report focused on the NYPD’s compliance with the Public Oversight of Surveillance Technology (POST) Act, which was enacted in 2020 to police the NYPD’s surveillance efforts in both patrolling New York City and responding to incidents.