Police-Surveillance

Flock Safety Reaches $3.5 Billion Valuation with 1,000+ Police Departments Using Surveillance Network

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Flock Safety announces $150 million Series E funding round led by Tiger Global, achieving a post-money valuation of $3.5 billion and cementing its status as a surveillance unicorn. Additional investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Spark Capital, Meritech, and Initialized Capital, bringing total …

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NYPD Counterterrorism Unit Begins Using Palantir for Surveillance Operations

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In 2010, the New York Police Department’s counterterrorism division began using Palantir Technologies’ data analysis platform, marking a major expansion of the company’s footprint in domestic law enforcement. Richard Falkenrath, the NYPD’s deputy commissioner of …

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LAPD's Joint Regional Intelligence Center Begins Using Palantir for Surveillance

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In 2009, the Joint Regional Intelligence Center (JRIC), Southern California’s multiagency, multidisciplinary fusion center, began using Palantir Technologies’ data analysis platform to connect and analyze Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) and other intelligence data. This marked …

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