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LAPD Publishes Crime Footage It Got From a Waymo Driverless Car | Police are starting to realize they can demand footage from driverless cars.


Police are starting to realize they can demand footage from driverless cars.

The LAPD published the footage, which has a note on it that reads “Waymo Confidential Commercial Information,” on its YouTube page to ask the public for help identifying the driver of the vehicle. The situation shows that police in Los Angeles are now looking at Waymo robotaxis as potential sources of surveillance footage to investigate crimes that the vehicles’ cameras and sensors may have witnessed. “Waymo does not provide information or data to law enforcement without a valid legal request, usually in the form of a warrant, subpoena, or court order.

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