NEW YORK (WABC) -- The newest weapons in the NYPD's crime fighting arsenal are high tech canines tracking bad guys.
It is new technology that allows a police officer to see what his K9 partner sees all through a wireless infrared camera harnessed to the dog.
In a training session, the dog tracks an armed gunman hidden in the bowels of the subway system, while police, positioned a safe distance away, monitor a live video feed of the pursuit.
"You can see that the bad guy is holding a gun and the dog is alerting. So we're going to bring this dog back now," the officer said.
Armed with the visual information provided by the dog, police can now formulate a plan to apprehend the suspect.
NEW YORK (WABC) -- The newest weapons in the NYPD's crime fighting arsenal are high tech canines tracking bad guys.