New York Police Department Beta-Tests Google Glass
The NYPD likely acquired the glasses through the Google Glass Explorer program but is not working directly with Google.
“The New York City Police Department’s massive and controversial intelligence and analytics unit is evaluating whether Google Glass is a decent fit for investigating terrorists and helping cops lock up bad guys,” reported VentureBeat yesterday.
A ranking New York City law enforcement official told VentureBeat, “We signed up, got a few pairs of the Google glasses, and we’re trying them out, seeing if they have any value in investigations, mostly for patrol purposes.”
The chief information officer of the San Francisco police department, Susan Merritt, added that her department has yet to test the wearable Google computers, but the applications for law enforcement are potentially huge.
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