Los Angeles: Alerts about hit-and-runs and kidnappings in Los Angeles will soon pop up on traffic app Waze, along with road closure information, the West Coast city's mayor said Tuesday.
The agreement is part of a data-sharing partnership between LA and the Google-owned tech company announced by Mayor Eric Garcetti.
The app has already begun showing street closures and will start including hit-and-run alerts and so-called Amber Alerts sent out for kidnappings in the coming months.
"This is going to be updated in real-time, every two minutes, giving motorists the information they need to... get home for dinner in time," said Garcetti.
The agreement to add notifications about hit-and-run and kidnapping alerts was reached Monday "in a very good meeting" between Waze and LAPD Chief Charlie Beck," the mayor said.
In January, it emerged that Beck had sent a letter to the tech company's CEO lamenting that the Waze application posed a danger to police because of its ability to track their locations.
The LAPD chief said at the time that the shooter in a recent double murder of two New York police officers used the application to track the location of cops.
Waze is a traffic and navigation application to which users contribute information in order to share real-time road information.
The agreement is part of a data-sharing partnership between LA and the Google-owned tech company announced by Mayor Eric Garcetti.
The app has already begun showing street closures and will start including hit-and-run alerts and so-called Amber Alerts sent out for kidnappings in the coming months.
The agreement to add notifications about hit-and-run and kidnapping alerts was reached Monday "in a very good meeting" between Waze and LAPD Chief Charlie Beck," the mayor said.
In January, it emerged that Beck had sent a letter to the tech company's CEO lamenting that the Waze application posed a danger to police because of its ability to track their locations.
Advertisement
Waze is a traffic and navigation application to which users contribute information in order to share real-time road information.
Advertisement
COMMENTS
Advertisement
Google Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL Surface on IMDA Website Weeks Ahead of Debut Gemini AI to Get US Broadcast Coverage at Olympics 2024 as Google Signs Deals With Team USA, NBCUniversal Watch: US Robbery Suspect Livestreams High-Speed Chase With Baby In The Back Seat After Retest, Haryana NEET Centre With Most Top Scorers Gave This Result... What Recovery Of Austrian Gun 'Steyr AUG' From J&K Terrorists Means The 'Fake' CrowdStrike Worker Who Took Credit For Biggest-Ever IT Outage Accused Of Groping, Jindal Group Executive Sent On Administrative Leave Actor Darshan Directed To Approach Magistrate Court For Home Food In Jail ICSI Hiring Company Secretary Executives, Check Details Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.