“We’re not going to stop” funding purchases, Horowitz said.
“There’s no doubt about it there’ll be a slower implementation of these types of programs across the United States, they’re just not going to be able to get to them as rapidly as we are,” McMahill said. “But we’re going to prove it’s going to work, and I think more and more municipalities will find the people that are like you.”
The episode only lightly touched on how LVMPD is using some of the technologies, like drones from Skydio and license plate-reading cameras from Flock Safety, both a16z portfolio companies. Horowitz has had conversations with LVMPD about at least four others, TechCrunch revealed earlier this month. The LVMPD did not respond to a request for comment.