Indio is a city of about 89,000 people in Riverside County, California, in the Coachella Valley. This update adds two Flock network audit logs from Indio CA PD, one for May 2026 and one for June 2026. Together they list 1,112,619 searches by 324 agencies that included Indio’s cameras. Thanks to DHS Concerned Citizen for obtaining and sharing these records.
#Network audit
- Type: Network audit
- Timespan: May 1 – Jun 30, 2026 (61 days)
- Records: 1,112,619 (May: 540,405; June: 572,214)
- Organizations (network): 324
- Search types: lookup (652,181), lookup - Mobile (316,290), search (99,936), search - Mobile (39,415), convoy (4,455), searchSummary - Mobile (235), multiGeo (69), visual (28), freeform (9), freeform - Mobile (1)
- License plate: redacted on 972,932 records
- Case #: redacted on 873,852 records
- Operator name: redacted on 1,112,619 records
The log records search times in UTC. The two files run from 7:00 a.m. UTC on May 1 to 6:59 a.m. UTC on July 1, which is May 1 through June 30 in Pacific time. This post uses Pacific dates. The first bar in the chart covers May 1 to May 3, and the last covers June 29 and 30.
Agencies searched Indio’s network on all 61 days. Between 202 and 254 agencies searched per day. Daily volume ran from 9,069 searches on Sunday, May 10, to 25,445 on Wednesday, May 20.
The 139,687 records with a blank plate are searches and other query types that do not take a plate. The agency replaced the plate with asterisks on the other 972,932. The case number field shows asterisks on 873,852 records and is blank on the other 238,767. The filters field shows asterisks on 324,480 records. The agency redacted the operator name on all records.
The median search queried 665 networks at once. 221,446 searches (19.9%) queried 1,000 or more. The largest queried 3,500. 850 searches queried one network.
#Search types
| Type | Count | % |
|---|---|---|
| lookup | 652,181 | 58.6% |
| lookup - Mobile | 316,290 | 28.4% |
| search | 99,936 | 9.0% |
| search - Mobile | 39,415 | 3.5% |
| convoy | 4,455 | 0.4% |
| searchSummary - Mobile | 235 | <0.1% |
| multiGeo | 69 | <0.1% |
| visual | 28 | <0.1% |
| freeform | 9 | <0.1% |
| freeform - Mobile | 1 | <0.1% |
Riverside County CA SO ran seven of the ten freeform searches. California Highway Patrol ran two and Chino CA PD ran one. Flock’s moderation field reads “allow” on all ten.
#Top searching agencies
All 324 agency names in the log belong to California agencies. No federal agency appears by name. The ten busiest agencies ran 477,382 searches (42.9%). California Highway Patrol ran the most, with 103,060. Riverside County CA SO, whose county includes Indio, ran 95,107. Indio CA PD’s own Flock users ran 3,458 of the searches.
| Organization | Count | % |
|---|---|---|
| California Highway Patrol | 103,060 | 9.3% |
| Riverside County CA SO | 95,107 | 8.5% |
| San Francisco CA PD | 56,284 | 5.1% |
| Los Angeles CA PD | 41,212 | 3.7% |
| Orange County SO CA | 37,822 | 3.4% |
| Los Angeles County CA SD | 36,117 | 3.2% |
| San Jose CA PD | 32,524 | 2.9% |
| San Bernardino County CA SO | 27,880 | 2.5% |
| Oakland CA PD | 26,278 | 2.4% |
| San Diego County CA SD | 21,098 | 1.9% |
| City of Riverside CA PD | 16,784 | 1.5% |
| Sonoma County CA SO | 14,365 | 1.3% |
| Fremont CA PD | 14,181 | 1.3% |
| Irvine CA PD | 13,391 | 1.2% |
| Alameda County CA SO | 13,274 | 1.2% |
| Other (309 agencies) | 563,242 | 50.6% |
#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 " - ". The log holds 38,989 distinct reason values.
| Category | Count | % |
|---|---|---|
| Motor Vehicle Theft/Stolen | 188,096 | 16.9% |
| Larceny/Theft Offenses | 108,740 | 9.8% |
| Drugs/Narcotics | 106,116 | 9.5% |
| Burglary/Breaking & Entering | 80,695 | 7.3% |
| Wanted Person (Arrest Warrant/Fugitive) | 72,432 | 6.5% |
| Assault/Battery Offenses | 68,172 | 6.1% |
| Weapons Offense (Guns/Shots Fired) | 53,581 | 4.8% |
| Robbery | 46,433 | 4.2% |
| Hit and Run/Car Accident | 43,569 | 3.9% |
| Other | 35,640 | 3.2% |
| Stolen Property Offenses | 33,491 | 3.0% |
| Assault/Battery Offenses (Domestic) | 31,536 | 2.8% |
| Criminal Motor Vehicle Offense (incl. Road Rage/Reckless) | 30,010 | 2.7% |
| Alcohol Offenses (Non-DUI) | 25,607 | 2.3% |
| Traffic Infraction | 22,057 | 2.0% |
| All other values (438) | 166,444 | 15.0% |
#Report highlights
#Immigration
Forty-four records name Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the U.S. Border Patrol (USBP), or “border patrol” in the reason field. Three agencies entered them: Orange County SO CA (27), Riverside County CA SO (15), and Laguna Beach CA PD (2). The reasons are:
- 14 records: “Obstructing the Police (Fleeing/Eluding) - fled usbp”
- 22 Drugs/Narcotics records that cite assisting the DEA and CBP
- 5 records: “Wanted Person (Arrest Warrant/Fugitive) - DEA/cbp”
- 2 records: “Homicide/Death Investigation - Assis CBP with homicide suspect search”
- 1 record: “Stolen Property Offenses - border patrol”
Another 33 records name HSI (Homeland Security Investigations). Most fall under Drugs/Narcotics or child exploitation investigations. City of Riverside CA PD entered 10 and Orange County SO CA entered 8. No reason in the log contains the word “ice”.
#Low-level offenses
9,588 records match terms that the low-level offenses report tracks. The most common categories are Disorderly Conduct/Disturbance (4,404), Illegal Dumping/Littering (2,268), Trespass (1,456), Prostitution (715), and Curfew/Loitering/Vagrancy Violations (516). San Jose CA PD ran the most, with 1,634, followed by Riverside County CA SO (934) and California Highway Patrol (478).
#Develop PC
105 records match terms that the develop PC report tracks. Seven use the phrase “develop PC” or “get PC”. Sixty-two contain “probable cause”. San Diego County CA SD entered 51 records with the reason “Probable cause to arrest” under Assault/Battery Offenses (Domestic). Most of the rest cite California Penal Code sections, such as “PC 211”, which the report’s terms also match.
#Anomalies
#Test records
173 records from 36 agencies have “test” or “testing” in the reason field. California Department of Fish & Wildlife entered 27 and Los Angeles CA PD entered 20.