We Can (and Do) Solve Crime
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Crime clearance rates collapsed: 90%+ in 1961 → sub-50% by 2021.
- Police staffing simultaneously dropped across major departments.
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Flock (Garrett Langley + Matt Feury) built cheap ALPR on mobile processors.
- Ditched expensive infrastructure; computer vision catches plate-less and covered plates.
- Flock claims ~700,000 crimes solved annually; 1,000+ missing persons found.
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Tulsa: 100% homicide solve rate in 2024 — first time since 1979.
- Lakewood, WA: first homicide-free year in two decades.
- Las Vegas: 20%+ YoY crime decline.
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Thesis: technology democratizes elite investigative capability to under-resourced departments.
- Precision tools replace broad profiling — better outcomes with fewer officers.
David Ulevitch and Alex Immerman (a16z American Dynamism) · 2026-04-06 · Read on a16z.com
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| Added | Apr 6, 2026 |
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