Weapon metal detectors to come to New York City subways

NEW YORK (PIX11) — Taking the subway in New York City may start feeling more like going through TSA.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Wednesday that the city will expand its weapon detection systems in the subway system. The announcement came during a briefing touting that transit crime was down almost 8% from this time last year.

The mayor did not specify exactly when and where the metal detectors would be installed in the subways, only that they would be coming in the next few days. The decision came after the city rolled out testing of the Evolv scanning system earlier this year following a string of subway crimes.

However, not everyone is on board with the program.

“These scanners will create significant inconvenience, adding congestion and delays to an already overburdened system,” said activists from The Legal Aid Society.

The organization continued to push back on the mayor’s initiative saying, “They are an unjustified invasion of privacy, and put people’s lives – particularly…people of color – at risk from the panic that an inevitable false alarm would induce.”

Adams said the city would outline rules and regulations for the metal detectors before commuters begin seeing them in the subways.

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