Rahul Sidhu says autonomous drone response to gunshots is inevitable
Rahul Sidhu · How Founders Can Build for Law Enforcement and First Responders | The a16z Show · May 18, 2026 · at 0:18
Rahul Sidhu, Chief Strategy Officer at Flock Safety, describes how autonomous drones will become standard practice in law enforcement emergency response.
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“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.”
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