For more context here Flock Safety is a YC-backed company [1][2]
And let me share this reply by Garry Tan, CEO of YC, after someone made a comment that Flock might be _pretty dystopian_ [1][2]:
> You're thinking Chinese surveillance
> US-based surveillance helps victims and prevents more victims
I wonder if that's why this post, with more upvotes than a number of the other ones on the front page, has seemingly vanished from it.