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The Crime Crisis In America and How Technology Fixes It

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The Crime Crisis In America and How Technology Fixes It

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22 HOURS AGO
The a16z Show

The a16z Show

22 HOURS AGO
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What if America tried to eliminate crime instead of just reacting to it? Not with slogans, but with staffing, technology, and strategy scaled to the problem.  In this episode, Erik Torenberg speaks with Garrett Langley, founder and CEO of Flock Safety, an...

Highlights

What would it take to truly eliminate crime in America—not just manage it, but systematically reduce it through innovation, strategy, and trust? This conversation explores how cities are moving beyond reactive policing by integrating technology, rethinking staffing, and rebuilding community confidence.
07:54
Dr. Dre, known for 'Fuck the Police,' took a photo with cops in front of a Cybertruck.
08:47
Gunshot detection is crucial because most gun violence incidents go unreported.
18:20
Las Vegas achieves over 90% murder clearance rate through community policing.
22:33
In Vegas, cameras and drones reduced police shootings of suspects by 75%
30:22
San Francisco's Real-Time Crime Center is 100% privately funded.
34:33
Defunding police leads to privatized security for the rich and neglect for the poor.
35:25
A small percentage of people commit most crimes, prompting need for reform
39:43
Vegas' Hope for Prisoners program has nearly 0% recidivism for non-violent first-time offenders.
52:14
Lenient shoplifting policies in San Francisco enabled organized crime to flourish.
54:39
Plainclothes officers safely apprehended a suspect after drone surveillance enabled undetected tracking.
57:24
Flock Safety helped return over 450 missing children this year.

Chapters

Introduction and the Cost of Crime
00:00
Technology, Privacy, and Trust in Policing
01:09
Eliminating Crime: A National Strategy
01:22
People: Staffing, Culture, and Recruitment
02:54
Products: Technology in Modern Policing
08:45
Policy: Accountability and Prosecution
09:41
Community Policing and Clearance Rates
20:11
Case Study: Las Vegas and Public-Private Partnerships
25:16
Criticisms, Privacy, and Trust
32:00
Economic Mobility, Safety, and Social Impact
35:23
Reform, Recidivism, and Alternative Approaches
36:44
Organized Crime and Policy Challenges
52:14
The Future of Policing: Intelligence and Precision
54:32
Success Stories and Conclusion
57:24

Transcript

Ben Horowitz: If you don't enforce crime, what you end up is with lost generations. Garrett Langley: If I woke up in 10 years and all we had done was put a lot of people in prison, it was actually a double bad. Ben Horowitz: Yeah. But we're throwing peop...