a16z Live Building Better Communities with Flock Safety
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Jan 17, 2024 
Garrett Langley, Co-founder of Flock Safety, discusses building trust with communities through technology. The podcast explores Flock Safety's impact on public safety, product roadmap, drones as first responders, data privacy, and the future of tech in public safety.
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Rapid Crime Solves After Early Flock Deployment
- Flock helped Wake Forest find three stolen cars, a missing child, and two automatic firearms within 24 hours of deployment.
- At UC Berkeley, a stolen Jeep with five suspects and guns was located within an hour through regional Flock alerts, enabling arrests in Palo Alto.
Real Time Crime Center Solved Shooting Before Full Rollout
- Las Vegas used cameras and ShotSpotter to solve a high-school shooting once Flock was activated, resolving the case before full deployment.
- The Real Time Crime Center combined sensor alerts and Flock feeds to boost clearance rates, contributing to over 90% homicide clearance.
Objective Alerts Reduce Biased Policing
- Objective signals like 'stolen car' reduce biased policing by removing the need to patrol 'suspicious' neighborhoods.
- Garrett: agencies stop 'fishing' and instead respond to explicit alerts, improving equity and efficiency.