Benton is a city of about 7,000 people in Franklin County, Illinois. This update adds two Flock audit logs from Benton IL PD. Both cover Jul 20 to Aug 19, 2026. The org audit lists 66 searches run by Benton’s own Flock users. The network audit lists 431,553 searches by 3,076 agencies that included Benton’s cameras. Thanks to James Weston for obtaining and sharing these records.
#Organization audit
- Type: Organization audit
- Timespan: Jul 20 – Aug 19, 2026 (31 days)
- Records: 66
- Search types: lookup (20), search (18), search - Mobile (18), lookup - Mobile (10)
- License plate attached: 30 (45.5%)
- Case # present: 35 (53.0%)
Benton’s Flock users searched on six days in the window. The first search came on Jul 22 and the last on Aug 13. Fifty-four of the 66 searches fall between Aug 11 and Aug 13.
All 30 lookups carry a plate. The 36 searches have no plate field. The agency did not redact plates or operator names.
Twenty-four searches queried two networks, and two queried one. Twenty-nine queried 1,000 or more networks. The largest queried 6,272.
#Search types
| Type | Count | % |
|---|---|---|
| lookup | 20 | 30.3% |
| search | 18 | 27.3% |
| search - Mobile | 18 | 27.3% |
| lookup - Mobile | 10 | 15.2% |
#Top operators
Six Flock users ran searches. Mark Wilkey ran 35 of them, all between Aug 11 and Aug 13. All 35 cite vandalism.
| Name | Count | % |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Wilkey | 35 | 53.0% |
| Zackary Andrews | 15 | 22.7% |
| James Williamson | 6 | 9.1% |
| Matthew Pemberton | 4 | 6.1% |
| Bryan Craddock | 4 | 6.1% |
| Tyler Ore | 2 | 3.0% |
#Reasons
Vandalism accounts for 37 of the 66 searches (56.1%) across three reason values. Zackary Andrews entered all 15 missing person searches on Aug 12.
| Reason | Count | % |
|---|---|---|
| Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property | 17 | 25.8% |
| Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property - criminal investigation | 17 | 25.8% |
| Missing/Endangered Person/Runaway - Missing | 15 | 22.7% |
| Welfare Check | 6 | 9.1% |
| Disorderly Conduct/Disturbance - warrant | 4 | 6.1% |
| Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property - Criminal investigation | 3 | 4.5% |
| Criminal Motor Vehicle Offense (incl. Road Rage/Reckless) | 2 | 3.0% |
| Wanted Person (Arrest Warrant/Fugitive) | 2 | 3.0% |
#Network audit
- Type: Network audit
- Timespan: Jul 20 – Aug 19, 2026 (31 days)
- Records: 431,553
- Organizations (network): 3,076
- Search types: lookup (388,577), lookup - Mobile (31,605), search (8,930), search - Mobile (2,263), convoy (170), searchSummary - Mobile (3), freeform (2), multiGeo (2), visual (1)
- License plate: redacted on 420,353 records
- Case #: redacted on 212,753 records
- Operator name: redacted on 431,553 records
Weekdays saw about twice as many searches as weekends. Full weekdays ran from 12,613 to 19,765 searches. Weekend days ran from 6,784 to 10,268. The busiest day was Jul 29. The last bar in the chart covers only Aug 17 to Aug 19, and the log ends partway through Aug 19.
The 11,200 records with no plate are searches and other query types that do not take a plate. The other 420,353 have the plate replaced with asterisks. The case number field shows asterisks on 212,753 records and is blank on the remaining 218,800.
391,816 searches (90.8%) queried 1,000 or more networks at once.
Benton IL PD appears in the network audit 65 times.
#Search types
| Type | Count | % |
|---|---|---|
| lookup | 388,577 | 90.0% |
| lookup - Mobile | 31,605 | 7.3% |
| search | 8,930 | 2.1% |
| search - Mobile | 2,263 | 0.5% |
| convoy | 170 | <0.1% |
| searchSummary - Mobile | 3 | <0.1% |
| freeform | 2 | <0.1% |
| multiGeo | 2 | <0.1% |
| visual | 1 | <0.1% |
Harvey IL PD ran both freeform searches. Both look for a person by clothing.
#Top searching agencies
The ten busiest agencies ran 62,298 searches (14.4%). Agencies in Illinois ran 101,971 searches (23.6%). Texas agencies ran 63,629 (14.7%).
| Organization | Count | % |
|---|---|---|
| Texas Department of Public Safety | 13,683 | 3.2% |
| Houston TX PD | 8,878 | 2.1% |
| Illinois State Police | 8,466 | 2.0% |
| Dallas TX PD | 6,281 | 1.5% |
| Chicago IL PD | 5,475 | 1.3% |
| Joliet IL PD | 4,386 | 1.0% |
| Hillsborough County FL SO | 4,339 | 1.0% |
| Fort Worth TX PD | 3,665 | 0.8% |
| Kansas Highway Patrol | 3,600 | 0.8% |
| Coweta County GA SO | 3,525 | 0.8% |
| Other (3,066 agencies) | 369,255 | 85.6% |
#Reasons
Network reasons pair a Flock offense category with an optional free-text note, such as “Drugs/Narcotics - Investigation”. This table groups records by the category before the first " - ".
| Category | Count | % |
|---|---|---|
| Drugs/Narcotics | 71,517 | 16.6% |
| Wanted Person (Arrest Warrant/Fugitive) | 55,430 | 12.8% |
| Motor Vehicle Theft/Stolen | 45,940 | 10.6% |
| Traffic Infraction | 41,716 | 9.7% |
| Larceny/Theft Offenses | 29,151 | 6.8% |
| Burglary/Breaking & Entering | 16,627 | 3.9% |
| Other | 15,744 | 3.6% |
| Hit and Run/Car Accident | 13,259 | 3.1% |
| Obstructing the Police (Fleeing/Eluding) | 11,701 | 2.7% |
| Assault/Battery Offenses | 11,312 | 2.6% |
| Missing/Endangered Person/Runaway | 11,197 | 2.6% |
| Weapons Offense (Guns/Shots Fired) | 10,362 | 2.4% |
| Homicide/Death Investigation | 9,277 | 2.1% |
| Robbery | 8,690 | 2.0% |
| Stolen Property Offenses | 8,427 | 2.0% |
| All other values (257) | 71,203 | 16.5% |
The log holds 21,251 distinct reason values. 5,350 records give “City Planning/Traffic Analysis” as the category.
#Report highlights
#Immigration
Three network records cite immigration in the reason field:
- Monroe NC PD: “Other - traffic stop w/ illegal alien poss narc related”
- Franklin County GA SO: “Human Trafficking - Illegal aliens”
- North Fond Du Lac WI PD: “Drugs/Narcotics - flock check for dhs investigation”
Ninety-one other records name HSI (Homeland Security Investigations) in the reason. Fifty-three of them fall under Drugs/Narcotics. Venice FL PD entered 33.
#Low-level offenses
3,624 records match terms that the low-level offenses report tracks. Four come from Benton’s org audit, all “Disorderly Conduct/Disturbance - warrant”. The other 3,620 come from the network audit. The most common are “Disorderly Conduct/Disturbance” (506), “Trespass” (335), and “Illegal Dumping/Littering” (224). Fort Worth TX PD ran the most, with 191.
#Anomalies
#Test records
607 network audit records from 107 agencies have “test” in the reason field. Douglas County CO SO entered 167 of them, all with the reason “Traffic Infraction - Test/Training”. Robeson County NC SO entered 87.