Data update: Buncombe County NC SO (Apr 2026)
~1M network audit records from the Buncombe County NC SO, covering March–April 2026.
Network audit records from the Buncombe County NC SO were added, covering March 7 through April 7, 2026. Buncombe County (pop. ~270,000) is in the mountains of western North Carolina and includes the city of Asheville. No organization audit was included in this release — only the network audit showing which outside agencies searched through Buncombe County’s Flock camera network.
#Network audit
- Type: Network audit
- Timespan: Mar 7, 2026 – Apr 7, 2026 (~1 month)
- Earliest record: Mar 7, 2026, 1:00 PM UTC
- Latest record: Apr 7, 2026, 12:59 PM UTC
- Records: 1,048,575
- Organizations: 3,499
#Excel row limit
The record count — exactly 1,048,575 — is the maximum number of data rows an Excel spreadsheet can hold. Agency administrators often convert to Excel when they’re editing the requested Flock-exported CSV files.
The true number of searches run through Buncombe County’s cameras during this period is almost certainly higher than what appears in the partial log.
#Search types
| Type | Count | % |
|---|---|---|
| lookup | 914,283 | 87.2% |
| search | 129,559 | 12.4% |
| apiV1 | 2,347 | 0.2% |
| convoy | 1,979 | 0.2% |
| searchSummary | 171 | <0.01% |
| multiGeo | 158 | <0.01% |
| freeform | 72 | <0.01% |
| visual | 6 | <0.01% |
#Top searchers
| Organization | Searches |
|---|---|
| Houston TX PD | 44,818 |
| Dallas TX PD | 37,209 |
| Gwinnett County GA PD | 15,936 |
| Memphis TN PD | 11,756 |
| Columbus OH PD | 10,847 |
| Hillsborough County FL SO | 10,055 |
| Michigan State Police | 8,427 |
| Atlanta GA PD | 8,208 |
| Pinellas County FL SO | 8,008 |
| Texas Department of Public Safety | 7,786 |
Every one of the top ten searchers is an out-of-state agency. Houston TX PD alone accounts for 4.3% of all searches through Buncombe County’s cameras — from over 1,000 miles away.
#North Carolina agencies
North Carolina agencies account for 57,982 searches (5.5% of the total) across 188 NC organizations. The top NC searchers:
| Organization | Searches |
|---|---|
| Charlotte Mecklenburg NC PD | 3,352 |
| Edgecombe County NC SO | 2,377 |
| New Hanover County NC SO | 2,099 |
| Raleigh NC PD | 1,867 |
| Nash County NC SO | 1,790 |
| Cleveland County NC SO | 1,669 |
| Waynesville NC PD | 1,522 |
| Gastonia NC PD | 1,469 |
| Haywood County NC SO | 1,391 |
| Alexander County NC SO | 1,373 |
Local Buncombe-area agencies — Buncombe County SO (1,119), Asheville PD (527), and UNC Asheville PD (3) — combined for just 1,649 searches, or 0.16% of the total. The vast majority of queries against these cameras come from agencies with no geographic connection to the area.
#Redaction
All license plates in the network audit are either redacted (“***”) or blank. All officer/user names are redacted. Case numbers and vehicle filter descriptions are almost entirely empty or redacted. This level of redaction is typical for network audits obtained through public records requests.