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Los Angeles Police Department

The Los Angeles Police Department is the municipal police force for the City of Los Angeles, one of the largest law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

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  • LAPD
  • Los Angeles Police Department

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securityOne report1 publisher

Graylark says its Raven AI can find a property from an indoor photo

Graylark says its Raven AI matches an indoor photo to a specific property from visual cues alone, with no GPS data needed. Malwarebytes, relaying 404 Media, reports that Miami-Dade and Los Angeles police agencies have bought access.

Publishers:malwarebytes.com

Reality

Evidence35
Adoption20
Hype gap+25
Incentives60
Confidence45
securityOne report1 publisher

Police AI tool Raven can now match a room photo to a rental listing

Graylark added interior-photo geolocation to Raven, its police AI tool, across what its CEO called millions of short-term rental units. The LAPD and Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office bought access earlier, 404 Media reported.

Publishers:404media.co

Reality

Evidence40
Adoption25
Hype gap+15
Incentives55
Confidence40
securityOne report1 publisher

Graylark's Raven traced interior photos to named Airbnb, Vrbo and Zillow listings in its own demos

Graylark Technologies says its Raven tool can geolocate interior images across millions of short-term rental units, according to CEO Daniel Heinen. 404 Media previously reported that LAPD and Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office bought Raven access, and the interior matches it checked come from Graylark's own demo videos.

Publishers:404media.co

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption20
Hype gap+25
Incentives65
Confidence50
buildConfirmed4 publishers

Flock Safety plans to cut 270 jobs as local governments rethink its shared plate-reader network

Flock Safety plans to cut about 270 jobs, roughly 18% of its workforce, Reuters reported. Two days earlier Henrico County, Virginia, said it would end its contract over protection of data shared across Flock's nationwide network.

Perspective Coverage

6 publishers
Builder
Builder 15%
Operator
Operator 57%
Investor
Investor 28%

Reality

Evidence58
Adoption66
Hype gap+25
Incentives55
Confidence60
productOne report1 publisher

Waymo called police on its own riders after cabin cameras flagged a firearm

Two teenagers were arrested in early September after the robotaxi pulled over and alerted emergency services. Waymo described the policy in an email, and left out the confidence threshold and the human review step.

Publishers:theverge.com

Reality

Evidence68
Adoption55
Hype gap+12
Incentives58
Confidence64
investOne report1 publisher

Trump backs the 120,000-camera network Hawley's subcommittee is investigating

The president told reporters he likes Flock's license plate readers, a month after Josh Hawley opened a formal investigation into the company's data practices and Greg Abbott halted Texas state funding for the cameras.

Publishers:decrypt.co

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption72
Hype gap+15
Incentives70
Confidence58
scienceOne report1 publisher

UCLA model forecasts Los Angeles Kia thefts continuing through at least 2042

Jeffrey Brantingham's team traced the 2020 theft surge to twenty Kia and Hyundai models built without engine immobilizers. Their Los Angeles forecast follows those cars as they depreciate into less affluent neighbourhoods.

Publishers:phys.org

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption35
Hype gap+30
Incentives60
Confidence55
securityOne report1 publisher

Flock shed more than 90 city and county contracts in August alone

August's cancellations ran roughly 45 times Flock's prior monthly rate, and the objection Los Angeles put in writing was contractual, a clause giving the vendor ownership of the plate data it collects.

Publishers:therecord.media

Reality

Evidence54
Adoption62
Hype gap+14
Incentives62
Confidence55
securityOne report1 publisher

ICE moves to buy up to $2 million in Boston Dynamics SPOT robots for officer safety

A DHS notice puts the buy at one to two million dollars for inspection and situational awareness, in the same week ICE signed a $16.7 million shock glove contract. Boston Dynamics' published red line covers weaponization only.

Publishers:404media.co

Reality

Evidence64
Adoption41
Hype gap+12
Incentives62
Confidence67
productOne report1 publisher

LAPD's Flock reset shows the contract, not the camera, is now the product

The department let its Flock agreement lapse over data ownership, yet 138 city cameras keep filling a cloud it cannot read. The replacement deal is a spec sheet of data terms.

Publishers:latimes.com

Reality

Evidence68
Adoption71
Hype gap+18
Incentives74
Confidence63
investOne report1 publisher

Flock's $8.3B rests on data rights its biggest customers are now redlining

The company says it is past $500 million in recurring revenue at roughly 16.6 times that figure. What the multiple buys is written into contracts cities have started reopening.

Publishers:fortune.com

Reality

Evidence58
Adoption79
Hype gap+22
Incentives74
Confidence56