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Fenty: D.C. police chief is incubating public safety startup Mark43

Adrian Fenty · a16z Podcast | The Changing Relationship Between Tech and Government · Jan 2, 2019 · at 14:18

Adrian Fenty, former D.C. Mayor and a16z advisor, recounts how the D.C. police department pilots public safety technology startups.

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“I know she's incubating a company called Mark 43, which is gonna do some really great software stuff”

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The claim, plainly

The Washington D.C. police chief is incubating law enforcement software startup Mark43 within the department.

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Assessment

In April 2014, the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), under then-Police Chief Cathy Lanier, partnered directly with startup Mark43 to build and pilot its cloud-based records management system (RMS) from scratch. Throughout 2014 and 2015, Mark43 engineers and founders were embedded within MPD stations and conducted ride-alongs to co-develop the platform prior to its official launch across District agencies in August 2015. While MPD was not a formal venture capital incubator, Chief Lanier and the department functioned as the startup's primary development and piloting environment, directly aligning with Adrian Fenty's statement.

In April 2014, then-MPD Chief Cathy Lanier initiated a collaboration with Mark43 to build an enterprise RMS platform tailored to MPD workflows.
Throughout 2014 and 2015, Mark43 engineers worked on-site within MPD facilities and with officers to develop and pilot the software.
Mark43 RMS officially launched department-wide in August 2015, with reports confirming MPD served as the core co-development partner and initial flagship customer.

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[1] dexa.ai [2] builtinnyc.com [3] businessmodelcanvastemplate.com [4] medium.com [5] mark43.com [6] inc.com [7] elgl.org [8] mark43.com

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