Flock CEO says drones are its fastest-growing business as it expands beyond license plate cameras

Flock's stationary cameras and license plate readers have drawn backlash.

Its CEO says the company's future is in drones.

IMF Flock Safety says its fastest-growing business segment is drones.

That's a big change for the company.

Its license plate scanning tech is in 6,000 communities.

Flock has faced recent backlash.

The CEO says it's "finding bad cops and holding them accountable." Flock Safety is best known for its license plate-scanning technology.

But during an interview on the "All-In" podcast released Monday, CEO Garrett Langley said that business now represents just under half of the company's "forward-looking revenue." The company is increasingly betting on drones that can be dispatched to emergencies before police officers arrive.

Flock calls the technology Drone as First Responder, or DFR.

"Drones is probably our fastest growing business right now," Langley said.

"When a 9-1-1 call happens, instead of sending an officer first, you can send a drone." 🚨ALL-IN INTERVIEW: Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley joins @Jason ! All-In Interview Series is brought to you by: @AppLovin & @numeral @glangley covers: -- The Real Price of Safety vs.

Privacy -- Why People Are Cutting the Cameras Down -- Who Really Gets Your License… pic.twitter.com/pIzc4FsI5b — The All-In Podcast (@theallinpod) August 18, 2026 The growing use of police drones has raised privacy concerns.

Civil liberties advocates have warned that drones can capture footage from places officers ordinarily couldn't easily observe.

"Drones can watch us — sometimes closely enough to see the pores on our skin," Jay Stanley, a senior policy analyst at the ACLU, wrote in a March white paper .