{
  "record": {
    "id": "b45479d2-610e-42f7-847a-e7695ce1620d",
    "code": "PAI-B45479D2",
    "force": "New York City Police Department",
    "country": "United States",
    "country_code": "us",
    "is_country": true,
    "region": "New York City",
    "technology": "AI weapons detection screening",
    "technology_slug": "ai-weapons-detection",
    "vendor": "Evolv Technology",
    "vendor_slug": "evolv",
    "programme": "",
    "status": "discontinued",
    "stage": "withdrawn",
    "evidence": "journalism",
    "evidence_is_claim": false,
    "since": "2024",
    "legal_basis": "City anti-violence initiative; commuters and civil rights groups argued mass subway scanning is impractical and unconstitutional",
    "oversight": "Evolv has faced federal investigations into its marketing by the Federal Trade Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission",
    "notes": "A month-long pilot across 20 subway stations, beginning at Fulton Street on 26 July, reporting 2,749 scans. It found zero firearms, produced false positives and detected some knives.\n\nThe department did not disclose how many passengers opted out or how many officers were needed to run the devices, and no agreement with Evolv had been finalised while the pilot outcomes were being assessed. Recorded as discontinued on the basis that the pilot completed with no continuing deployment established.\n\nLA Metro has run a comparable pilot at Union Station.",
    "source": "Associated Press",
    "source_url": "https://apnews.com/article/subway-gun-scanners-ai-evolv-cdabf48e727d06c21a53e42a2a7a0249",
    "last_checked": "2026-08-26",
    "record_url": "https://www.policeainews.com/tracker/record/b45479d2-610e-42f7-847a-e7695ce1620d"
  },
  "licence": "https://www.policeainews.com/data#licence"
}