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Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley on Public Safety, Hardware, and Why Atlanta Beats Silicon Valley

By Auren Hoffman
Garrett Langley, co-founder and CEO of Flock Safety, in conversation with Auren Hoffman
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Garrett Langley is the co-founder and CEO of Flock Safety, an Atlanta-based public safety technology company recently valued at $7.5 billion. Flock manufactures hardware like license plate recognition cameras, drones, and gunshot detection systems, as well as software used by thousands of communities and law enforcement agencies across the U.S.

In this episode of World of DaaS, Garrett and Auren discuss:

  • The broken state of law enforcement data infrastructure
  • Why 60% of murders go unsolved in America
  • Manufacturing high tech hardware in the United States
  • How AI and drones are changing public safety
  • Why Atlanta is winning at hard tech over Silicon Valley

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Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant.