Data update: Herrin IL PD (Apr 2026)
1,161 org audit and 3.7M network audit records from Herrin IL PD covering November 2025 through April 2026.
Records from the Herrin IL Police Department were added, covering November 2025 through mid-April 2026. Herrin is a city of roughly 12,000 residents in Williamson County in southern Illinois.
#Organization audit
- Type: Organization audit
- Timespan: Nov 2025 – Apr 15, 2026 (~5.5 months)
- Records: 1,161
- License plates: 83% visible, 17% redacted
- Officer names: 100% visible
- Search types: lookup (968), search (193)
Top reasons include “welfare check — attempt to locate” (108), “attempt to locate” (105), “missing person” (68), and “larceny/theft” (57). Volume dropped sharply from ~370/month in Nov–Dec 2025 to 55–163/month in the following months.
#Network audit
- Type: Network audit
- Timespan: Nov 2025 – Apr 15, 2026 (~5.5 months)
- Records: 3,748,944
- Organizations: 4,165
#Search types
| Type | Count | % |
|---|---|---|
| lookup | 3,412,817 | 91.0% |
| search | 329,524 | 8.8% |
| convoy | 3,884 | 0.10% |
| apiV1 | 2,507 | 0.07% |
| searchSummary | 190 | <0.01% |
| freeform | 17 | <0.01% |
#Top searchers
| Organization | Searches |
|---|---|
| Louisville Metro KY PD | 60,279 |
| Hillsborough County FL SO | 58,240 |
| Houston TX PD | 55,614 |
| Atlanta GA PD | 46,505 |
| Texas Department of Public Safety | 40,667 |
| Chicago IL PD | 34,782 |
| Kansas Highway Patrol | 34,698 |
| Illinois State Police | 33,906 |
| Cobb County GA PD | 32,797 |
| Lake County IN SO | 32,269 |
None of the top ten searchers are local to southern Illinois. Louisville Metro KY PD leads with 60,279 searches — from roughly 200 miles away. Only two of the top ten (Chicago IL PD and Illinois State Police) are even in the same state.
#Immigration enforcement
153,143 network audit searches reference immigration or HSI in their reason field — 4.1% of all network searches through Herrin’s cameras.
| Organization | Searches |
|---|---|
| Texas Department of Public Safety | 40,130 |
| Dallas TX PD | 5,698 |
| Kansas City MO PD | 4,105 |
| Pembroke Pines FL PD | 2,772 |
| Oak Brook IL PD | 2,648 |
Texas DPS alone accounts for 26% of all immigration-flagged searches through Herrin’s cameras.