From Bloomberg:

New York City police are being issued hand-held devices connected to crime and terrorism databases under a program funded in part by the $8.83 billion legal settlement with France’s BNP Paribas which this year pleaded guilty to violating U.S. anti-terrorism sanctions.

  • The department will equip 6,000 squad cars with break-resistant tablets
  • And each officer will receive a smartphone
  • Part of a $160 million program paid for in part from the settlement

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