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.