{"id":456001,"date":"2022-06-01T12:05:04","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T09:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nyc-explores-gun-detectors-in-subways-after-mass-shooting\/"},"modified":"2022-06-01T12:05:04","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T09:05:04","slug":"nyc-explores-gun-detectors-in-subways-after-mass-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nyc-explores-gun-detectors-in-subways-after-mass-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"#NYC explores gun detectors in subways after mass shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a35f0063defe\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a35f0063defe\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nyc-explores-gun-detectors-in-subways-after-mass-shooting\/#%E2%80%9CNYC_explores_gun_detectors_in_subways_after_mass_shooting%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;NYC explores gun detectors in subways after mass shooting&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CNYC_explores_gun_detectors_in_subways_after_mass_shooting%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;NYC explores gun detectors in subways after mass shooting&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>NEW YORK \u2014 In the aftermath of a\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/04\/12\/brooklyn-subway-shooting-live-updates-of-nyc-attack\/\">mass shooting\u00a0on a New York City subway train, the mayor floated a high-tech idea: deploy scanners that can spot someone carrying a gun into the transit system before they have a chance to use it.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> to scan large numbers of people quickly for weapons does exist, and is used now to screen people at places like sports stadiums and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">theme<\/a> parks.<\/p>\n<p>But security experts say installing such a system in the city\u2019s sprawling, porous subway system in a way that would make a difference would be difficult, if not impossible.<\/p>\n<p>The problem wouldn\u2019t necessarily be the technology \u2014 but rather the reality that scanners need to be accompanied by human operators to confront people carrying firearms illegally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLogistically, it would be a nightmare. You\u2019re going to have to tie up a lot of officers doing this,\u201d said James Dooley, a retired New York Police Department captain who served in the department\u2019s transit division. \u201cWe have hundreds of stations, and the fact of the matter is that putting someone at every entrance to every station is logistically impossible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Eric Adams, a former police captain, has acknowledged the challenges but has said the system might still be worth trying at select locations as a deterrent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to be able to just pop up at a station someplace so people don\u2019t know it\u2019s there,\u201d the Democrat said, \u201csimilar to what we do when we do car checkpoints.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/image00026.jpeg.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Injured people wait for aid on the platform inside the subway station of 36th Street shortly after a gunman opened fire and smoke on morning rush hour passengers.\" class=\"wp-image-22484334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/image00026.jpeg.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/image00026.jpeg.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/image00026.jpeg.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/image00026.jpeg.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Injured people wait for aid on the platform inside the subway station of 36th Street shortly after a gunman opened fire and smoke on morning rush hour passengers.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Raymond Chiodini<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The push for better subway security got renewed urgency in April after a gunman set off smoke bombs and sprayed a subway compartment with shots, wounding 10 people.<\/p>\n<p>Then, on May 22, another gunman\u00a0killed a passenger\u00a0in what authorities said appeared to be a random attack.<\/p>\n<p>A day after that killing, Adams again expressed interest in weapon-screening technology. And soon, mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, intensified the debate over how to address gun violence.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>In the New York City subway, the screening wouldn\u2019t resemble airport checkpoints, an untenable solution for a system with 472 stations, all with multiple entrances. Instead, Adams referenced a technology that uses sensors to detect metal but also can determine the shape of an object, such as a gun, while people pass by uninterrupted.<\/p>\n<p>Evolv, a Boston-area company, uses the technology at facilities including pro sports stadiums in Atlanta and Nashville, the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta and, in a recent test, at New York\u2019s Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, though not in any mass transit systems.<\/p>\n<p>The screeners can scan 3,600 people per hour, according to the company. They also can produce false positives from items such as Chromebooks, though.<\/p>\n<p>In an email, Dana Loof, Evolv\u2019s chief marketing officer, said false positives \u201care an order of magnitude lower\u201d than traditional metal detectors, but acknowledged that transit systems would pose unique challenges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny technology is only one piece of the solution which includes the security professionals, the operational environment, and the protocols they follow,\u201d Loof said.<\/p>\n<p>Similar screening devices made by QinetiQ, an England-based defense technology company, were part of a pilot program in the Los Angeles mass transit system in 2018 and currently are used when threat levels are elevated, said Los Angeles Metro spokesperson Dave Sotero. The machines project scanning waves at passersby from a distance.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AP22151782137215.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A passenger looks out onto the platform while riding a northbound subway train in 36th Street subway station, April 13, 2022, the site of a shooting attack a day earlier.\" class=\"wp-image-22484355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AP22151782137215.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AP22151782137215.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AP22151782137215.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/AP22151782137215.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A passenger looks out onto the platform while riding a northbound subway train in 36th Street subway station, April 13, 2022, the site of a shooting attack a day earlier.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Identifying someone with a weapon is only half the challenge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s also manpower,\u201d said Donell Harvin, a senior policy researcher at the Rand Corp. and a former security chief for the Washington, D.C., government.<\/p>\n<p>Adams has not publicly discussed how much the machines, and operating them, could cost New York City, but Harvin acknowledged the price could be steep.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you have a determined assailant, you\u2019re not going to just have a security guard there; you\u2019ll have to have a police officer,\u201d Harvin said. \u201cIt\u2019s tough. You can harden every station, but who\u2019s going to want to pay a $10 fare? Because the cost is going to be passed on to the rider.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, because you can\u2019t put cops on every car and in every station, Harvin said, \u201cyou have to invest in some technology.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very complex, but people have to get together and talk about this, because what\u2019s being done now isn\u2019t cutting it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Violent attacks in New York City\u2019s subway system remain relatively rare compared with crime above ground. And the city overall is one of the nation\u2019s safest large cities.<\/p>\n<p>But the COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on people\u2019s sense of safety, as has a string of high-profile crimes, including the\u00a0fatal push of a woman\u00a0in front of a train by a man later ruled too mentally ill to stand trial. In response, the MTA said it would test safety barriers at some stations.<\/p>\n<p>The number of transit system crimes reported by the NYPD so far this year has been on par with years before the pandemic, but public perception has been that there is new unruliness underground.<\/p>\n<p>The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has succeeded in getting 1,000 more police officers assigned to the system, but its chair, Janno Lieber, was candid last week when asked about the current climate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis week is a terrible week,\u201d he said, referring to the May 22 shooting. \u201cThis week I cannot say to any New York City subway rider, \u2018Don\u2019t feel afraid,\u2019 because what happened is a terrifying nightmare.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Any workable security upgrade would probably have to encompass a combination of measures, experts said.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Dooley envisioned a limited rollout of officers using handheld metal detectors at high-traffic stations but acknowledged that would cover only a fraction of the system\u2019s vast territory and could lead to civil liberties complaints, including the potential for racial profiling.<\/p>\n<p>Police officers already do spot checks of people\u2019s bags at some subway entrances, but those checks are so infrequent that most people ride for years without being subjected to a search.<\/p>\n<p>Dorothy Moses Schulz, a retired police captain on the MTA\u2019s MetroNorth rail system and a professor emerita at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, suggested more police in the subways and a sustained commitment to addressing homelessness could help \u201csend a message that we\u2019re trying to make this an orderly system, which would bring back people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf more people feel the system is working, they will come back, and when more come back, that makes the system safer,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Lieber said last week that the agency is open to new approaches.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are serious about exploring every one of these technologies,\u201d he said. \u201cI think we will get there, but it\u2019s a question of time and technology development.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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