"Ripple’s Chris Larsen’s $9.4M gift will provide cops with drones, cameras and a massive new office
The money will go to the Real Time Investigation Center (RTIC), which was founded shortly after the passing of Proposition E in March 2024, allowing the SPFD to expand its use of technology for crime-detection and surveillance purposes. The RTIC has since increased the number of surveillance cameras and drones to monitor crimes, a program that has assisted in over 500 arrests according to the SFPD.
The city announced its Drones as First Responder program in October of last year. It allows trained officers to pilot drones around the city from the safety of RTIC headquarters. Up until now, drones have been kept in the back of police cruisers for on-site use.
Right now, these drones, which require FAA training to pilot, can only take off from two launch sites. But the SFPD told commissioners Wednesday that Larsen’s donation will add 10 take-off locations and introduce two new kinds of first-responder drones into their fleet."
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I really do need to finish Watch Dogs 2…
Slingshot stocks going up.
Well shit, guess it’s time to get that Beretta 1301 put together.
Good to see our most privileged members of society giving back to the community
Imagine reading this 100 years ago, would sound straight out of science fiction
Ah yes, the billionaire “gifts”.