FILE PHOTO: Revelers celebrate the New Year's Eve in Times Square in Manhattan, New York, U.S., December 31, 2017. Picture taken December 31, 2017. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky/File Photo
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City police will use an aerial drone for the first time to monitor the crowds gathered in Times Square on Monday for the New Year's Eve ball-drop celebrations, officials said on Friday, adding there was no known threat to the night's festivities.
The camera-carrying drone will be tethered to the roof of a building and will not fly directly over the hundreds of thousands of revellers in the area, but it will add an additional vantage-point alongside the 1,225 fixed video cameras that police will deploy.
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