Flock Safety CEO Defends Surveillance Growth Despite Layoffs and Legal Defeats

Flock CEO defends surveillance expansion as privacy concerns intensify

Garrett Langley says surveillance can improve public safety as critics demand stronger safeguards against misuse and privacy violations.

Flock Safety CEO Defends Surveillance Growth Despite Layoffs and Legal Defeats

Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley defends surveillance expansion despite an 18% workforce reduction, 214 contract cancellations, and a federal court ruling.

Flock slashes 1 in 6 jobs — as outcry builds to take down its whole camera network

Flock Safety has spent the better part of 2026 trying to convince people that its cameras aren’t mass surveillance tools used to track the whereabouts of anyone who drives by. Lawmakers aren’t buying it, though, as legislators push back to the point that the company is starting to collapse. Here are the latest updates on the Flock camera controversy.The public first took notice of Flock Safety’s dubious activity as early as 2024, when the Electr…