{
  "id": 12235715,
  "title": "Texas city demands $2M for public records on Flock usage",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/texas-city-demands-2m-for-public-records-on-flock-usage",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-05T20:31:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ars Technica Policy",
    "slug": "ars-technica-policy",
    "url": "https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/10/texas-city-demands-2m-for-public-records-on-flock-usage/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "Prices of public records tracking cops' use of Flock go up as backlash swells.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "Ars Technica",
        "title": "Texas city demands $2M for public records on Flock usage",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/texas-city-demands-2m-for-public-records-on-flock-usage-12243227",
        "published": "2026-10-05T20:31:12.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}