On Chopper Patrol With A New Addition To The NYPD’s Crime Fighting Arsenal

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — At one time, it may have been easy to hide in New York, a city of pancaked buildings, winding alleys, and countless nooks and crannies.

But not anymore.

As CBS2’s Weijia Jiang explained, the NYPD’s newest weapon in its crime fighting arsenal can practically find a needle in a haystack.

A twin-engine helicopter equipped with state of the art technology, like high-definition, infrared cameras that can capture the facial features of a perpetrator from 2,000 feet in the air.

Full article: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/05/18/exclusive-chopper-patrol-nypd/