The Plan to Make American Crime Obsolete
5/18/202612 min
David Ulevitch speaks with Col. Jeffrey Glover and Rahul Sidhu about how AI, drones, and sensor networks are reshaping public safety and what it takes to bring new technology into law enforcement at scale. As departments face staffing shortages, burnout, and rising complexity, they examine how the right tools can make officers more effective, safer, and better supported.
The conversation covers how drone-as-first-responder programs are changing the speed and safety of emergency response, from high-risk warrant service to Amber Alert pursuits. Glover describes how Arizona DPS is building a full technology ecosystem around its officers, including body-worn camera analytics for burnout detection, brain scan wellness checks, and international intelligence-sharing partnerships ahead of FIFA and the Olympics. Sidhu explains how Flock Safety's layered sensor network — license plate readers, gunshot detection, and drone dispatch — is turning reactive policing into proactive, data-driven response.
They also discuss what founders get wrong when building for law enforcement, why spending time on the beat matters more than any product spec, and how the next decade will fundamentally change the skills required to be a police officer in America.
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First 90 secondsRahul Sidhu· Guest0:00
There's two things cops hate: for things to change and for things to stay the same.
Jeffrey Glover· Guest0:03
Most of the cops in the field are going to have to change the way their skill set is shaped because it's gonna be a little bit more investigative. It's going to be a little bit more nuanced. It's not going to look the same anymore.
David Ulevitch· Host0:15
Are people just gonna start to see drones flying around? Is that where we are?
Rahul Sidhu· Guest0:18
You hear a gunshot go off, and the drone finds a shooter getting into a car and driving off and then pursuing the vehicle. It's kind of almost hard to see that it isn't inevitable. We can't do that with a helicopter today unless you just kept five helicopters up twenty-four/seven, and that's just not sustainable.
David Ulevitch· Host0:32
What advice would you give to founders who are less interested in optimizing ad clicks and more interested in actually building something that helps first responders and save lives?
Rahul Sidhu· Guest0:42
My advice- American law enforcement is being asked to do more with less.
Speaker 30:47
Departments are short-staffed. Officers are burning out. And the complexity of the job keeps growing. But the technology available to public safety has never been more powerful. Drones that respond to nine one one calls before a patrol car can leave the station. License plate readers that flag an Amber Alert vehicle in real time. Body-worn camera analytics that detect burnout before an officer hits a breaking point. These aren't prototypes. They're deployed today in departments across the country. The harder question is how you actually get this technology into the field. Law enforcement moves slowly by design. Trust is built over years, not product cycles. And the gap between what's technically possible and what departments