# Can a camera on every corner make us safer? | Garrett Langley Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/ted-talks-daily-980370/can-a-camera-on-every-corner-make-us-safer-garrett-langley Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/ted-talks-daily-980370/can-a-camera-on-every-corner-make-us-safer-garrett-langley.md Podcast: [TED Talks Daily](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ted-talks-daily-980370) Published: 2026-07-16T15:00:00+00:00 Episode link: http://go.ted.com/garrettlangley Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/67587e77c705e441797aff96/e/6a57d456c152a357dbd61af3/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ted-talks-daily-980370/episodes/can-a-camera-on-every-corner-make-us-safer-garrett-langley Duration seconds: 1092 ## Resource Garrett Langley founded Flock because he believed it was too easy to get away with crime in the US. His solution? A network of license plate readers, cameras, drones and audio sensors that has changed how police departments investigate crime — and raised urgent questions about safety, surveillance and privacy. In this talk, Langley explains why he thinks this tech makes the world safer, and addresses the controversy around it. (Followed by a Q&A with TED Chairman Chris Anderson and a note from TED guest curator Bilawal Sidhu) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ted-talks-daily-980370/episodes/can-a-camera-on-every-corner-make-us-safer-garrett-langley/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/ted-talks-daily-980370/can-a-camera-on-every-corner-make-us-safer-garrett-langley.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.