The New York tech scene is on the rise. In just the last few months, we’ve seen the $3 billion-dollar acquisition of Jet and talks of IPOs on the horizon for Blue Apron. Silicon Valley giants like Google continue to hire in the region, and West Coast giants like Uber and Lyft are expanding their…

“It reduces the amount of time it takes an officer to do a police report by a factor of 10. So you can take a police report down from an hour to 10 minutes,” Kutcher said. “That’s an additional 50 minutes a day that the officer can be on the beat and on the streets actually doing the job they like doing.”

Cops in the cloud from CNBC. Scott Crouch, Mark43 Co-Founder & CEO, discusses his company that helps get cloud computing tech into police departments for better law enforcement.

Who gets: Mark43, a software maker that uses cloud-based records management and analysis tools for patrol officers. The technology enables detectives to review traffic diagrams, as well as collaborate, attach uploaded files, and control access to cases. Amount raised: $27 million in Series B. Mark43’s $10.8 million Series A round was announced last August. Who invests:…

…Mark43 is emblematic both of what a government tech startup can do and the rising interest from traditional venture capitalist firms.

Mark43, Gen. Petraeus said, “can accommodate the input of increasing types of data as the world of policing continues to evolve.”

“We looked at a problem that every police department in America is facing, which is bad data…Everything is so siloed that most data cannot even be transported between communities…which creates a dangerous situation. ” – Scott

Startup helps fight crime.

In an unlikely next move for career law officer Edward F. Davis, the former Boston police commissioner is joining a tech startup. Davis will take a board seat with Mark43, a company founded by three Harvard University graduates that has been making big waves in the law enforcement community. Formed out of a class project,…

Mark43’s software is decidedly more modern than the clunky, laptop-only database programs most departments use.