City officials plan to launch a public dashboard later this year that will display the flight paths and mission details of NYPD drones, as part of a broader effort to expand the city’s drone program and address concerns around transparency and surveillance.

Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Kaz Daughtry said in an interview Thursday that the dashboard, modeled after a similar system in Chula Vista, CA, will allow residents to search recent drone deployments by location and call type. While there is no official release date, Daughtry said he hopes to launch it before the end of the year.

“I’m shooting for this year, as soon as possible,” he said.

In another transparency measure, police drones will soon be outfitted with flashing red and blue emergency lights to clearly identify them as law

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