How Flock Safety Became a $7.5B Crime-Fighting Company with Founder Garrett Langley

Flock Safety founder and CEO Garrett Langley is building the technology infrastructure to eliminate crime in America. A repeat entrepreneur who previously built and sold two companies for over $200 million each, Garrett now leads a $7.5 billion company serving more than 6,000 communities, 5,000 law enforcement agencies, and 1,000 businesses while helping achieve nearly a million arrests annually. He shares his conviction that safety drives economic prosperity, the surprising fact that drones arrive on scene 94% of the time before officers, and how AI will free police officers from paperwork to focus on community relationships.

What You'll Learn:

• Why it's getting easier to commit serious crimes in America and what's driving that trend
• How technology creates precision in law enforcement that's never existed before
• Why drones are transforming emergency response and saving cities money
• How AI will reshape policing by eliminating paperwork and doubling community presence
• Why safety is the foundation for economic prosperity and job growth

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction

02:08 Why Team Is the Only Thing That Matters

04:40 Growing Up in Atlanta: Learning Sales from His Father

06:45 What Is Flock Safety and How Does It Work?

11:20 The Crime Crisis No One Talks About

14:33 Serving Neighborhoods, Businesses, and Law Enforcement

17:00 Real Cases: From U-Hauls to Black SUVs

19:55 The Future of Policing in 10 Years

23:30 Building Technology While People's Lives Are at Stake

25:38 How Drones Are Changing Emergency Response

28:09 Scaling to $300M ARR at 70% Growth

29:38 Why Safety Drives Economic Prosperity

32:30 The "Do the Work" Culture at Flock

33:48 Quickfire Round

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• ⁠Flock Safety Website
• Flock Safety LinkedIn
• ⁠⁠Flock Safety Instagram
• ⁠⁠Flock Safety X
• Garrett’s LinkedIn⁠⁠
• Garrett’s X
  

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