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# Washington Post's Gerrit De Vynck posts the Philadelphia police statement on Anthropic's false tip

Gerrit De Vynck (@GerritD), X, 2026-10-09.
Source: https://x.com/GerritD/status/2108653329538781690

## Why it matters

Screenshots of the full Philadelphia Police Department statement (primary document), including 'The two month delay in detecting and reporting the incident to the City is unacceptable.'

## Summary

Three screenshots of the police statement, with the quote 'The two month delay in detecting and reporting the incident to the City is unacceptable.' (Oct 9, 20:18 UTC). @JeffLadish and @MackenZ_arnold quoted it. ~15k views on Oct 10 (api.fxtwitter.com). Images: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HUNwuDmbwAA0FLL.png, https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HUNw0nIbYAAx3Nm.png, https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HUNw6bgbwAAITxF.png

## Archived text

> full police statement.
> "The two month delay in detecting and reporting the incident to the City is unacceptable."

Archived 2026-10-10 via fxtwitter (unofficial).
Counts: 15,024 views, 85 likes, 5 reposts, 4 replies (at fetch time)
Media: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HUNwuDmbwAA0FLL.png?name=orig
Media: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HUNw0nIbYAAx3Nm.png?name=orig
Media: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HUNw6bgbwAAITxF.png?name=orig

## Cited in

- 2026-10-09: [Anthropic discloses unintended model actions](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-10-09-anthropic-unintended-model-actions-false-police-tip/)