Governor Kathy Hochul today visited the Village of Garden City Police Department to highlight more than $21 million in state investments that are modernizing law enforcement technology and equipment across Long Island’s law enforcement agencies. The visit included a tour and demonstration featuring the Department’s state-of-the-art technology purchased with the State’s law enforcement technology grants. Distributed to 378 police departments and sheriffs’ offices statewide, $127 million in grant funding is delivering results by improving officer safety, protecting New Yorkers and strengthening operations. Governor Hochul’s investments in public safety have contributed to a 14 percent decline in reported crime on Long Island while shooting deaths reported by the Nassau County Police Department decreased 75 percent.
“The safety of New Yorkers is my number one priority. That is why I’ve dedicated resources to ensure our law enforcement teams have access to modern tools and advanced technology that enables them to fight crime and the evolving threat landscape,” Governor Hochul said. “These efforts are delivering real progress and making communities safer across the state — and I will continue to support our local police departments, sheriffs and law enforcement partners as they step up to protect New Yorkers day in and day out.”
On Long Island, the Village of Garden City Police Department utilized $465,000 in law enforcement technology funding to purchase a Skydio X10 Drone and to implement a modern computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system both in the Department’s headquarters and patrol vehicles that enables officers to respond to dispatch calls more efficiently. For example, traditional 911 calls utilize cell tower signals that do not provide an accurate location for the caller or location of the emergency. CAD technology allows officers to use a caller’s cell phone to locate them much more accurately, even if the individual is moving. This technology also provides a Records Management System (RMS) as part of the modern CAD, allowing the police department to use integrated data to identify patterns of incidents and implement more targeted policing. A full breakdown of Long Island agencies that received law enforcement technology grants is available online…