Garrett Langley of Flock Safety on building technology to solve crime

🍻 Don't miss the next round of Cheeky Pint! Subscribe to our new channel for all future episodes and clips: https://www.youtube.com/@CheekyPint Garrett Langley is the founder and CEO of Flock Safety, a public safety operating system that helps communities and law enforcement eliminate crime. He sits down with John to discuss why most crime is opportunistic, how Flock helps clear over one million crimes a year, and the engineering challenges of building solar-powered cameras and autonomous drones. They cover the shifting landscape of criminal technology, why hardware requires making "one-way door" decisions, and his vision for a future where technology prevents crime before it happens. Full transcript on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/cheekypint/p/garrett-langley-of-flock-safety-on Subscribe to Cheeky Pint Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2IHbGJJMpiFoz5YrvRfTFw Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cheeky-pint/id1821055332 Substack: https://cheekypint.substack.com/ Key moments 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:19 Flock 00:19:51 Safety vs privacy 00:23:54 Crime and technology 00:32:36 Crime rates 00:43:56 Corporate security 00:52:16 Stripe Radar 00:52:54 Competitive landscape 01:02:41 Drones 01:09:01 The Flock business 01:11:39 Building hardware 01:20:01 Cameras 01:25:17 PD procurement 01:32:56 Building your own drones 01:40:52 What’s next for Flock? Books: - The Digital Silk Road: https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Silk-Road-Chinas-Future/dp/0063046288 - Boyd: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Boyd-Fighter-Pilot-Who-Changed/dp/0316796883