BBC: Some residents ‘furious’ over NYC terror checks David Edwards and Stephen C. Webster Raw Story Wednesday, Aug 20, 2008 ‘Operation Sentinel,’ a project of the New York Police Department which would have every vehicle in Manhattan tracked by a series of license plate scanners, is cause for fury among some New York City residents. Details of the program were reported by RAW STORY on August 12. A similar security grid is being developed for Washington, D.C. In an August 19 report, BBC’s Wendy Urquhart found that while some are accepting of the plan’s invasive measures, others are not taking the news so lightly.