In an email to staffers later published on Twitter, Pichai denounced extremist
violence: «Specific to Barcelona, our security team has helped several Googlers on the ground get to safety, and everyone we've heard from so far is safe,» the executive said, noting that the company has activated an SOS alert for those in the city, with news, a
map, and local updates from the
police.
The
police and local councils use these
maps to target prevention activities more precisely than is possible using
police intelligence alone, including redirecting resources, changing
police patrol routes, changing the licensing conditions of particular establishments, intervening in other locations, such as street
violence hotspots, schools and parks, and the positioning of surveillance cameras.