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Data update: Adams County WA SO (June 2026)

2,113,427 network audit records from Adams County WA SO covering January–June 2026, with 3,474 organizations querying the network — almost entirely from outside Washington state.

by HaveIBeenFlocked Team
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Records from the Adams County WA Sheriff’s Office were added. Adams County is a rural county in eastern Washington’s Columbia Basin. Its county seat, Ritzville, has roughly 1,600 residents; the county as a whole has about 19,000. Despite its size, Adams County SO participates in Flock’s nationwide shared network — meaning its cameras can be queried by any subscribing agency in the country.

  • Type: Network audit
  • Timespan: January 1 – June 12, 2026
  • Records: 2,113,427
  • Organizations: 3,474

#Search types

TypeCount%
lookup1,621,06176.7%
lookup - Mobile290,56413.7%
search157,7007.5%
search - Mobile34,9961.7%
apiV16,4340.3%
convoy2,4150.1%

Lookup types (standard + mobile) account for 90.4% of all activity. Convoy searches — in which a moving vehicle triggers automatic repeated scans along a route — appear 2,415 times.

#Top searchers

OrganizationSearches
Harris County TX SO72,133
Louisville Metro KY PD66,226
Hillsborough County FL SO64,928
Pinellas County FL SO43,812
Palm Beach County FL SO39,155
Missouri State Highway Patrol35,939
Kansas Highway Patrol35,107
Cobb County GA PD33,936
Indiana State Police IN PD33,435
Wichita KS PD32,211
Lexington KY PD31,661
Montgomery County TX SO31,028
Houston TX PD29,826
Carmel IN PD26,473
Pennsylvania State PD23,111

None of the top 15 searching organizations are Washington state agencies. Adams County SO’s own searches total just 1,671 records — 0.08% of all activity in its own network audit. The remaining 99.9% of searches were conducted by external agencies, predominantly from Texas, Florida, Kentucky, Georgia, Indiana, and Kansas. The network spans 3,474 unique organizations in total.

#Monthly counts

MonthRecords
Jan 2026490,031
Feb 2026517,541
Mar 2026436,961
Apr 2026256,659
May 2026288,837
Jun 2026 (through Jun 12)123,398

#Reasons

Reason strings follow the standard Flock structured taxonomy. Top entries:

ReasonCount
Wanted Person (Arrest Warrant/Fugitive)107,836
Drugs/Narcotics95,126
Motor Vehicle Theft/Stolen90,122
Traffic Infraction81,065
Larceny/Theft Offenses53,606
Hit and Run/Car Accident26,237
Assault/Battery Offenses25,025
Weapons Offense (Guns/Shots Fired)20,827
Burglary/Breaking & Entering20,163
Welfare Check19,413

35.8% of records include a case number.

#Freeform AI searches

35 records used Flock’s freeform (natural language) search type. Contributing agencies include Pocatello ID PD, Spokane County WA SO, Twin Falls ID PD, Fort Pierce FL PD, and Miami-Dade FL SO. Sample queries:

  • “large black suv with a gold bumper” (Pocatello ID PD)
  • “green over tan 2000s subaru outback station wagon with rear bumper stickers” (Spokane County WA SO)
  • “Black Chevy truck with 2026 on front plate” (Twin Falls ID PD)
  • “bmw x4 black with green mdc sticker on upper right side of rear window” (Miami-Dade FL SO)
  • “GOLD SUV, STICKER, REAR BUMPER DAMAGE” (Twin Falls ID PD)

All freeform queries are prefixed with objectClass:vehicle.