Independent reports have analyzed the NYPD's trend toward "police state" surveillance, discussing how local policing intersects with broader geopolitical "proxy wars". Auditing Algorithms: Academic and oversight reports (such as those from ) evaluate the use of predictive policing algorithms
"I'm the filter," Miller corrected. "The city is drowning in information, Ray. Innocent people getting flagged, good cops getting scrutinized for doing their jobs. I just... smoothed the edges. Made the city run a little cleaner. I used the NYPD proxy to keep the NYPD from imploding." nypd+proxy+top
: Research suggests that stop-and-frisk rates are often used as a proxy for neighborhood crime levels. However, critics argue these rates may more accurately reflect racial profiling or deployment patterns rather than actual crime prevalence. Independent reports have analyzed the NYPD's trend toward
The search terms "nypd+proxy+top" do not yield a single specific official report with that exact title. However, based on recent NYPD activity and reporting structures, this likely refers to high-level security reports regarding proxy-related threats (specifically Iranian proxies) or reports on surveillance and predictive policing Recent Security Reports: Iranian Proxies March and April 2026 Made the city run a little cleaner
While no public incident confirms as a breach, similar proxied attacks have been documented against: