Flock CEO tells police chiefs that public backlash is not real
Original title: In Leaked Audio, Flock CEO Tells Cops Backlash to the Company Isn’t Real
In leaked IACP audio, Garrett Langley blamed Russian bots and said his wife advised him never to apologize.
404 Media published leaked audio of Flock CEO Garrett Langley speaking Sunday to police chiefs at the International Association of Chiefs of Police conference in Orlando. He said protests and social-media criticism of Flock’s automatic license plate readers were inorganic, including a claim that chatter fell after Ukraine struck a Russian data center. He also said he would rather stop press interviews. Flock did not comment.
Unconfirmed: Langley’s claims that opposition is paid Russian-bot activity, and that a Ukraine strike cut it, are presented without evidence and echo disputed theories.
- Langley said Flock social-media chatter was down about 95 percent from July.
- He claimed chatter fell 50 percent overnight after a Ukraine drone strike.
- A recent count put Flock’s national camera network at about 80,000.
- Dozens of cities have canceled Flock contracts over the last 18 months.
- The session was a fireside chat with IACP president David Rausch.
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In comments at a private police conference, Garrett Langley also said his wife advised him to never apologize.
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