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ABSTRACT
September 11, 2001 resulted in the drastic expansion of intelligence and surveillance capacities in the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and the NYPD has continued to adopt emergent surveillance technologies. These tools have investigative applications beyond counterterrorism and many worry their use is outpacing oversight and regulation. The transformations of the NYPD in the early 2000s were followed by major – if lagged – changes to the external oversight of police and surveillance tools, including the 2013 establishment of an Office of the Inspector General for the NYPD and the Public Oversight of Technology (POST) Act in 2020. This article tracks these developments and their capacity to mitigate information asymmetries, enhance transparency, and ultimately influence the use of police surveillance technologies in New York City.
Acknowledgements
The authors would like to express their deep appreciation to Sebastiaan Rietjens for his excellent feedback at the 2021 International Studies Association Annual Convention. It brought focus and precision, helping us to improve the paper in several important ways. We are also grateful for the feedback from the anonymous reviewers and guest editors.
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