Andreessen Horowitz co-founder Ben Horowitz has donated a fleet of Tesla Cybertrucks to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police, the division has confirmed to TechCrunch.
The Cybertruck fleet is the newest entry in an inventory of items Horowitz has given to the Las Vegas police — a relationship TechCrunch revealed in detail late final 12 months. The enterprise capitalist has donated greater than $7 million to the division over the previous few years.
Most of that cash has been used to buy expertise from Andreessen Horowitz portfolio corporations. At instances, TechCrunch’s reporting confirmed, the police division supplied Horowitz the prospect to weigh in on how that expertise was deployed.
Las Vegas Sheriff Kevin McMahill first announced the Cybertruck reward on February 25 at his annual “state of the division” handle. He stated in the course of the speech that the vehicles had been supplied by an nameless donor and that they wouldn’t come out of the division’s finances. The Las Vegas Evaluate-Journal was the primary to report that Horowitz and his spouse Felicia were behind the gift.
“We wish these items as a result of the cops inside will likely be secure it doesn’t matter what. These cease bullets. They’re additionally an incredible recruitment device for us,” McMahill stated in his speech.
McMahill stated on stage that the division would obtain 10 Cybertrucks, though an unnamed division spokesperson advised TechCrunch that Horowitz donated 11 of them. Horowitz didn’t reply to a request for remark.
Horowitz’s earlier items to the Las Vegas police had been made by donating funds to the division’s nonprofit police basis — a technique of funding that police accountability advocates say hurts transparency and competitors. On this case, although, the division advised the Las Vegas Evaluate-Journal that the donation was not made to the police basis. The division didn’t reply to TechCrunch’s query about how the donation was made.
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