"As New York City residents are preparing to barbecue, drink and have a good time over Labor Day weekend, police said that those attending large backyard parties might be visited by a partygoer they were not expecting to show up: A surveillance drone flying over private residences."
The New York Police Department announced Thursday that unmanned aircraft will survey large outdoor gatherings, including private events, in the city’s five boroughs to alert authorities to those that might become unruly. The drones will be deployed in response to noise complaints and other non-emergency calls before officers show up at parties celebrating Labor Day weekend, the West Indian American Day Carnival parade and the J’ouvert festival in Brooklyn, Assistant NYPD Commissioner Kaz Daughtry said at a news conference.