nick noon is the ceo of the company, which is used by a number of city agencies in california. nick, good morning. i think first and foremost, i think a lot of civilians thought police officers could already do that, right? i mean, it's something out of the movies. >> yeah, it's a common belief and it's not a crazy belief. you know, there's an enormous amount of data that sits in public safety agent sis and police departments. the reality is the data that these officers and personnel need is typically sitting inside of the agency already. so they have access to it. but the data isn't presented in a format that they can understand. >> we sa that many years ago with 9/11. i want to talk about that later, the siloing. but i saw one again administrations where the -- they do that in movies all the time. the fire chief says show me on the map. but you would think all of this sort of data, which is already available, is already being combined. but it's not. >> yeah. what we find is that the job of collecting data, of putting sensors in place or putting data inside of a storage system

nick of time. >>> still ahead here at noon, one brush stroke at a time. how a group of local artists are helping revitalize san francisco. >>> and taking a live look outside on this first alert weather day. we're seeing some pockets of blue skies there. jess will have an update on salonpas, makers of powerful pain relief patches for 89 years... believes in continuous improvement... like rounded corners that resist peeling, with an array of active ingredients... and sizes to relieve your pain. salonpas. it's good medicine. >>> we have been reporting on empty store fronts and office buildings here in san francisco. local artists are playing a vital role in revitalizing the city. . >> reporter: leaono shores is one of 11 artists coming together to create in san francisco. >> everybody in this collective is a kindhearted intelligent thoughtful person. and it's just so much fun all being together. we have our studio right here at the base of the bay bridge, and so we're the bridge studio checkive. >> reporter: part of the building at 333 bryant street was left

nick. seems like they all made the nice list. so that will be all from us here. the kron 4 newsroom. thank you so much for joining us at noon. i'm el