Dave Rahardja<p>This smells like <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> and <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/kickbacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kickbacks</span></a> in <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sfba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sfba</span></a>.</p><p>- Billionarie Chris Larsen owns Ripple Labs, a crypto company.<br>- Larsen was the largest financier of Prop E, which encourages drone use in SFPD, which passed in 2024.<br>- Larsen also owns San Francisco Police Community Foundation, a nonprofit.<br>- The nonprofit is donating $866k to support “officer wellness”, but only if SFPD also accepts Ripple Labs’ $9.4M donation.<br>- $2M of the donation goes to renting back Ripple Labs real estate.<br>- The rest of the $7.4M donation goes to buying and operating drones and take-off sites.</p><p>No mention is made of:</p><p>- Who will supply the drones (probably Ripple Labs).<br>- Who will service them (probably Ripple Labs).<br>- What are the recurring cost of the service (probably whatever Ripple Labs charges).<br>- What data is shared with Ripple Labs or whoever operates the service (probably a lot).</p><p>This deal stinks.</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a></p><p><a href="https://missionlocal.org/2025/06/were-going-to-be-covering-the-entire-city-with-drones-billionaires-donation-to-sfpd-accepted/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">missionlocal.org/2025/06/were-</span><span class="invisible">going-to-be-covering-the-entire-city-with-drones-billionaires-donation-to-sfpd-accepted/</span></a></p>