Texas city demands $2M for public records on Flock usage
Prices of public records tracking cops' use of Flock go up as backlash swells.
The Texas Tribune has reported that North Richland Hills, a city in Texas, has demanded a staggering $2.3 million from a group seeking public records on Flock data. The city officials justify the exorbitant fee by claiming that the task of searching through "about a terabyte worth of communications about errors, misuse, and effectiveness of the Flock system" would require roughly 14 years of labor at an hourly rate of $15.
Phil Mynona, who filed the request on behalf of the Texas Privacy Coalition, described the fee as "ludicrous" and suggested it was designed to obstruct their public records inquiries.
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