All NYPD Officers to Have GPS Tracked Smartphones Soon

All New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers will soon have GPS tracked smartphones that will allow the city’s residents to verify policemen identity, NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Legal Matters Lawrence Byrne said during a City Council hearing on Monday.

NEW YORK (Sputnik) — Byrne added that the new technology would allow members of the public to verify the identity of an officer who may have violated the law.

“For the first time in NYPD history, all 36,000 officers will have an email address [and] a smart phone,” Byrne said. “Both our vehicles and smartphones will have GPS.”

The New York City Council is currently debating several new police reform bills, including a bill know as the Right to Know Act, which would require for all officers to identify themselves by providing a business card prior to searching an individual.