Flock CEO says its microphones detect ‘just gunshots.’ Its website says different

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Flock CEO Garrett Langley said the company’s gunshot detection microphones detect “just gunshots,” but Flock’s website paints a far broader picture of what other ambient audio also gets picked up. Speaking on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt, the co-founder of the surveillance company defended Flock’s audio-collection product called Gunshot Detection, which listens for gunshots and other ambient audio across nearby neighborhoods to provide “earlier awareness” to potential public safety events. When asked about the contradiction between his remarks and the company’s marketing materials that say the audio systems can detect more than gunshots, he responded, “It’s just gunshots.

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