Flock is catching flak. Experts say other police surveillance tools are more worrisome

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The headline, as it travelled

All 11 reports used the same wording across 11 outlets - nobody re-reported it in their own words.

All 11 reports on Thu, 8 October 2026

What it is about

Quincy Whitner Axon Fusus Andrew Guthrie Ferguson Benjamin Weir Rachel Levinson-Waldman Michelle Iezzi Rick Smith George Washington University Oklahoma City Police Department Operational Intelligence Division Maryland, United States Montgomery County, Maryland, United States Greenville County, South Carolina, United States South Carolina, United States

Who published it, and when

How it spread - 1 original report, 10 reprints

Thu, 8 October 2026
1 report
- prairiepublic.org09:00first to report
  Flock is catching flak. Experts say other police surveillance tools are more worrisome
  Real-time crime-center software is a sometimes overlooked but powerful tool allowing police to aggregate immense amounts of data, significantly expanding their surveillance reach.
  10 reprints
  - wrvo.org8 Oct, 09:00their copy
  - kunm.org8 Oct, 09:00their copy
  - wcbe.org8 Oct, 09:00their copy
  - knpr.org8 Oct, 09:00their copy
  - wkyufm.org8 Oct, 09:00their copy
  - wgcu.org8 Oct, 09:00their copy
  - kclu.org8 Oct, 09:00their copy
  - kyuk.org8 Oct, 09:00their copy
  - kgou.org8 Oct, 09:00their copy
  - krwg.org8 Oct, 09:00their copy