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IANAL, but it might. As the article mentions, it almost certainly violates NYC laws as well[1].

The NYPD has not historically shown an institutional interest in laws enforced on them, rather than by them.

[1]: https://www.nyc.gov/site/nypd/about/about-nypd/policy/post-a...

My feeling would be this does violate the law. The problem is new technology must often go through courts to actually establish the law. So it seems that while the NYPD could decide it’s a no-go, their worse case is to do it, get sued and then let a judge make the call.

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