NYPD seeks to expand surveillance cameras, license plate readers

The NYPD wants to keep a closer eye on security in Midtown. The commissioner is looking to expand anti-terrorism measures already in place in other parts of Manhattan. The idea, Kelly testified before a City Council committee, is to allow police to do everything they do downtown - scan license plates, monitor surveillance video cameras and use radiation and bioterrorism detectors - between 34th and 59th streets, from river to river, according to a Newsday report. The New York Civil Liberty ...