On sunday, flock safety CEO garrett langley spoke at the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) conference in orlando a private event, audio from that session leaked to 404 Media. what he said: the public backlash to flock's licence plate reader network is not real. it's anonymous bots. "it's anonymous bots, and so it is not real." his evidence: social media chatter dropped 50% after ukraine hit a russian data centre with a drone strike. he presented this as proof the criticism is foreign-bot-driven. 404 Media describes this as a theory that has already been disproven. he also said his wife advised him never to apologize. and that he would prefer to never do media again. for context a "deflock" community rally happened in norfolk, virginia on october 13. multiple communities have cancelled their flock contracts. cornell university terminated its contract and ordered cameras removed, there is active congressional attention on the company. flock has 335,000+ devices logging vehicle movements across the US, with cross-agency law enforcement access. the data came from flock's own systems an access token left open to anyone. the CEO's pitch to police chiefs was essentially: ignore the noise, it's not your constituents.