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CAD appears to refer to the LAPD’s Computer-Aided Dispatch system, which the police department uses to “respond to a dispatch in a quicker, intuitive, and more organized manner,” according to the LAPD’s website. Goldmine is an LAPD database for crime analysis, including radio communications, calls for service, and field data recorders.Motherboard obtained the emails after filing a public records request. While fulfilling the request, the LAPD pointed to a selection of responsive documents it had previously published on its website, including these emails.As part of its normal operations, Citizen has workers who listen to police radio scanner feeds, digest information into what the company calls “incidents,” and send localized push alerts to users about what’s going on in their neighborhood. Ordinarily these police radio feeds are publicly accessible. Motherboard previously reported on an internal Citizen document that showed the company believed it would be granted access to the encrypted communications of at least one police department.Do you work at Citizen? Did you used to? We'd love to hear from you. Using a non-work phone or computer, you can contact Joseph Cox securely on Signal on +44 20 8133 5190, Wickr on josephcox, or email joseph.cox@vice.com.
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