Crypto exec offers SFPD a $9.4M donated tech upgrade – NBC Bay Area
A private donor has offered the San Francisco Police Department a $9.4 million upgrade to its crime-fighting technology, and now it’s up to the police commission to approve the proposed gift.
Crypto billionaire Chris Larsen, a tech executive and angel investor who helped develop Ripple software, says the donation is intended to benefit improve SFPD’s technology and surveillance capabilities with license plate readers and drones.
A new location for the department’s Real-Time Investigation Center also would be included at a vacant office at 315 Montgomery St., in the heart of the financial district. It’s a space Ripple currently leases but is no longer using.
San Francisco police commissioners on Wednesday will debate…
