The NYPD launched a first-of-its-kind drone program in Brooklyn Tuesday night that aims to teach teenagers about tech while also providing them with a fun outlet.
The initiative kicked-off on March 28 inside the NYPD community center at 127 Pennsylvania Ave. and was hosted by the police department’s Youth Strategies Division.
The initiative is the brainchild of Sgt. Johnny Hines, whose unique curriculum mixes science and e-sports, and provides teenagers with the ability to control the drones in a game much like soccer. According to Hines, the NYPD is the only police department in the country that is running the program, which aims to help guide and teach adolescents about aerodynamics.
Hines said the drones are not the only thing being built as part of the program. He said that relationships between the teens and officers are also being cemented, which will hopefully last a lifetime.
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