Fortune magazine writer Polina Marinova, former Boston Police Department Superintendent Paul Fitzgerald, software developer Matthew Polega and Seattle Police Department Chief Strategy Officer Chris Fisher speak at the South by Southwest Conference in Austin, Texas on March 8, 2019. (StateScoop) Police need public’s trust before adopting new technologies, officials say Emerging technologies like drones and data analytics can help police, but they need community acceptance first, speakers at a South by Southwest panel said. Mar 8, 2019 By Benjamin Freed