york city with more on this. reporter: huh, a arthel. yeah, it s pretty cool to watch this in action. we had our cameras on the subway systems around new york city. nypd is the only police department in the world that is using this new technology for these dogs. investigators tell us k-9s have have the ability to find what used to be undetectable explosives and keeping people safe on the subways here. now, the new technology was created by the nypd. the department worked with a private tech company that put this all together for them, and it has these harnesses that are equipped with electronics. dog harnesses are on there with a sensor inside, and it can help the officer there detect radiation and other chemical or biological agents that a dog s nose just can t. the nypd says this was necessary in the fight against terrorism. just plug and play. so if certain terror groups change their tactics, i can
nypd enhance job program. alexis mcadams is live and eric city with the details. tell us all about this, alex. hi arthel. these are new canine detection dogs there gorged them subway systems in new york city like this from behind me. the nypd now is the only police department and the world that are using this type of technology on the dogs. investigators tell us these canines will now have the ability to keep tracking what used to be a undetectable explosives for their year old look at the new technology crated by the nypd. they work for the private tech company to create a special dog harness that would with the electronic the sensors inside the harness enabled the k-9 officer to detect radiation or other chemical or even biological agents that dogs nose just can t. nypd tells technology has a proven success rate. the technology is very reliable. it surprises us how reliable it is sometimes. and we are always still discovering things about the
sensors that surprised and how sensitive they are. just being out there on a post on the subway platform sometimes it will go off them a look around and say okay, that is why. and it makes sense to us. each harness has multiple sensors that send reading so mobile command post in real-time. those officers can track those ratings and respond accordingly. back out here live people in your city will start seeing these canine detection dogs out on the subway systems. they ve shared the new technology with some departments and even the military around the world, arthel pick. alexis mcadams thank you very much pete eric, dogs of the best and always be. they really are it s great to see they have that ability. you see the little badge? each police dog gets their own badge. to fight i love that. so cute. we are back in one hour. eric: new york s finest. tein,
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decided it was necessary. the decision from the cdc is that not only do they believe masks are still necessary in public transportation that flights, trains, subway systems, access they believe it is necessary to safeguard people still from the virus in very confined spaces, but they also state that they believe the original decision to begin this one date was legally sound, so they are going to court to try to get thejudge s ruling over time. i think this is more about setting a precedent for the future then perhaps realistically changing the mask monday which was a lizard to go on for a couple of weeks. i5 monday which was a lizard to go on for a couple of weeks. is it even possible on for a couple of weeks. is it even possible to on for a couple of weeks. is it even possible to know- on for a couple of weeks. is it even possible to know if it will be successful? it even possible to know if it will be successful?- even possible to know if it will be successful? it is not poss