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‘We’re going to be covering the entire city with drones:' SFPD accepts billionaire’s $9.4M gift (missionlocal.org)

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San Francisco police commission accepts tech billionaire's gift, to provide cops with drones, cameras and a massive new office

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[–] jonne@infosec.pub 17 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Apparently that's been how it works for decades, which explains why cops will show up to break strikes and protect a Starbucks, but will take hours to arrive if you ever need them.

There's a lot of police forces and police-adjacent organisations that will accept donations (FOP and the like), and that obviously affects the priorities when it comes to assigning personnel.