Lawmakers held a Public Safety Committee meeting meant to answer the council’s questions on the proposed drone program. SPD officials failed to assuage councilors’ concerns.
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Three Baldwinsville police officers took ‘demeaning’ photo of prisoner in 2005, documents reveal
Photograph ‘had great potential to bring discredit to the Baldwinsville Police Department,’ disciplinary records show. Officers took the photo shortly after U.S. military’s Abu Ghraib scandal.
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Syracuse police again ask Common Council to approve funding for controversial drone program
SPD asked councilors in November 2024 to fund a “drone as first responder” program but skipped a review process meant to limit the use of surveillance technology in the city.
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DAs promised to help wrongfully convicted New Yorkers. In many cases, they made things worse.
A New York Focus and Columbia Journalism investigation identified dozens of cases in which the units denied a wrongful conviction application, only for a judge to later exonerate them.
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After attempting to skip review process, city asks Syracuse residents for opinions on new drone program
In November, reporting by Central Current found the city skipped a review process meant to limit powerful surveillance technology. The city reversed its decision in December.
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A Syracuse police officer hit and killed Qian Adams 1 year ago. Adams’ family is searching for closure.
The New York State Attorney General’s Office is still investigating the crash. Adams’ family rallied around his memory Wednesday.
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City reverses decision, Syracuse police drones to be reviewed by oversight group
City and Syracuse police officials planned on skipping the city’s surveillance technology oversight process until reporting by Central Current revealed their plan.
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Why Syracuse police, city officials plan to bypass surveillance tech review process to get ‘sci-fi-inspired’ drones
The new drones would fly to the site of a 911 call before officers arrive, often flying over areas unrelated to the call. City officials bypassed a surveillance technology review process they created to get the new drones.
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Syracuse Common Council approved $250K for police drone first response program
The drones could allow the department to send drones instead of officers, said Deputy Chief Richard Shoff.
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Inside the turmoil at Syracuse’s police oversight board
An employee accused the Citizen Review Board administrator of failing to work required hours, creating a logjam of work, and mistreating employees.