Leaked audio: Flock CEO tells police chiefs backlash is not real
October 29: 404 Media’s weekly podcast covers the leaked IACP audio, including Langley’s claim that backlash is not real and his wife’s advice never to apologize.
Leaked IACP audio shows Flock CEO Garrett Langley telling police chiefs that criticism is inorganic and bot-driven.
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, in a fireside chat with IACP president David Rausch. He said protests and social-media criticism of Flock’s automatic license plate readers were inorganic, blamed much of the opposition on paid posts and Russian bots without evidence, and said his wife advised him never to apologize. He claimed chatter was down about 95 percent from July and fell 50 percent overnight after a Ukraine drone strike on a Russian data center, a theory 404 Media calls disproven. He also said he would rather stop press interviews. Flock did not comment.
- 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 camera network at about 80,000.
- Dozens of cities canceled Flock contracts over the last 18 months.
- He previously called 404 Media’s abortion-tracking report entirely false.
- The IACP session was a fireside chat with president David Rausch.
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beyond the shared facts- 404 MediaLeaked IACP audio, chatter statistics, camera count, and no company comment.
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404 MediaFirst report
Flock CEO tells police chiefs that public backlash is not real
In leaked IACP audio, Garrett Langley blamed Russian bots and said his wife advised him never to apologize.
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Flock CEO tells police chiefs anti-Flock protests are not real
In leaked IACP audio, Garrett Langley blamed criticism on paid posts and Russian bots without evidence.
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404 Media podcast recaps leaked Flock CEO audio and two other stories
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