The New York Police Department is reportedly in the process of acquiring state-of-the-art facial recognition technology that it will use to scan the faces of drivers commuting to and from New York City, according to the New York Daily News. The acquisition will be handled by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Once in place, the technology will be installed on the nine bridges and tunnels connecting New York City's five boroughs and will be used to scan 800,000 cars per day. The program was announced by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo last October as part of a "plan to reimagine New York's bridges and tunnels for the 21st century." The adoption of the technology was noted at the time to be a response to an increasing number of "threats to security" that New York City faces.