Tag: NY Daily News
Keystone cops
November 6, 2024Cory Harris, Editor
More security - or in this case, lack of security - news this week coming out of NYC, and this one falls in the category of “Can’t make this stuff up” regarding the facility where New York’s Finest recruits are trained.
This inexplicable blunder took place in the wee hours of the morning on Nov. 2 at the entrance of the state-of-the-art building that houses the New York City Police Academy, which stands a mere three miles from my home.
Vandals not only desecrated an...
Evolv Technology reveals employees “engaged in misconduct” during sales
October 25, 2024SSN Staff
WALTHAM, Mass.—Evolv Technology, a manufacturer of AI-based weapons detection technology, has announced that employees “engaged in misconduct” during sales transactions during a nearly two-year period, following a preliminary committee investigation into its sales practices.
As a result, there will be a delay in the release of Evolv’s Q3 financial results, ending Sept. 30, 2024.
In a release, Evolv revealed that an ad hoc committee of independent directors (the committee)...
Detecting corruption
October 9, 2024Cory Harris, Editor
New York City, or more specifically the embattled Mayor Eric Adams of the city I call home, has been dominating the headlines in recent weeks, and for all the wrong reasons.
You see, Mayor Adams was charged with federal bribery, campaign finance, and conspiracy offenses in an indictment released on Sept. 26 by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York. Since the indictment was unsealed, mayoral staffers left and right have either resigned, been fired, and even jailed, which...
‘Not in a rush’ hour
July 31, 2024Cory Harris, Editor
Back to my ol’ stomping grounds for security blog fodder this week, as NYC made history on July 26 by introducing weapons detection technology for the first time in the nearly 120-year history of the subway system.
While I applaud NYC Mayor Eric Adams and the New York City Police Department’s (NYPD’s) efforts to stop subway violence and keep the underground safe for straphangers, one question keeps popping into my head every time I think of the concept of stopping riders and...