Records from McDonough County IL SO were added, covering February 2025 through April 2026. McDonough County is a rural county in west-central Illinois anchored by Macomb — population roughly 32,000 for the county — and home to Western Illinois University.
#Organization audit
- Type: Organization audit (McDonough County SO’s own searches)
- Timespan: Mar 10, 2025 – Apr 21, 2026 (~13 months)
- Records: 575
- Search types: lookup: 329 (57.2%), search: 246 (42.8%)
575 outbound searches over 13 months is a low rate for a county sheriff — roughly 44 searches per month. No blank reasons. Top entries: theft (64), Obstructing the Police (Fleeing/Eluding) - (49), burglary variants (~71 combined), DRUGS/Drugs/Narcotics - (~42), and Missing/Endangered Person/Runaway - (21).
#Network audit
- Type: Network audit
- Timespan: Feb 19, 2025 – Apr 21, 2026 (~14 months)
- Records: 6,158,356
- Organizations: 4,417
For every search by McDonough County, whose taxpayers are footing the bill for the surveillance system, other agencies conducted 10,710 searches.
#Search types
| Type | Count | % |
|---|---|---|
| lookup | 5,382,335 | 87.4% |
| search | 770,200 | 12.5% |
| convoy | 2,860 | 0.05% |
| apiV1 | 2,507 | 0.04% |
| searchSummary | 201 | <0.01% |
| multiGeo | 186 | <0.01% |
| freeform | 65 | <0.01% |
#Top searchers
| Organization | Searches |
|---|---|
| Houston TX PD | 121,886 |
| Michigan State Police | 94,837 |
| Louisville Metro KY PD | 93,012 |
| Indianapolis Metro PD IN | 79,375 |
| Dallas TX PD | 68,536 |
| Texas Department of Public Safety | 63,904 |
| Kansas Highway Patrol | 62,676 |
| Cleveland OH Division of Police | 62,316 |
| Hillsborough County FL SO | 61,996 |
| Lake County IN SO | 60,213 |
The top searcher — Houston TX PD, over 800 miles away — ran nearly 2% of all searches through a rural Illinois county sheriff’s cameras. Texas agencies collectively account for a substantial portion of the total. This pattern of high-volume Texas participation appears consistently across Illinois Flock networks in this dataset.
#Monthly volume
| Month | Records |
|---|---|
| Feb 2025 | 91,971 |
| Mar 2025 | 293,242 |
| Apr 2025 | 284,219 |
| May 2025 | 263,567 |
| Jun 2025 | 233,323 |
| Jul 2025 | 230,605 |
| Aug 2025 | 322,068 |
| Sep 2025 | 458,320 |
| Oct 2025 | 582,167 |
| Nov 2025 | 565,232 |
| Dec 2025 | 532,691 |
| Jan 2026 | 546,881 |
| Feb 2026 | 594,679 |
| Mar 2026 | 683,002 |
| Apr 2026 | 476,389 |
February 2025 is a partial month (records begin the 19th). The network was growing rapidly — monthly volume roughly tripled from spring 2025 to fall 2025, stabilizing above 500K through early 2026. March 2026 is the single highest-volume month at 683K.
#Reasons
Reason strings are a mix of Flock dropdown categories and free-text entries. Common entries: investigation and variants (142K+136K+107K across multiple capitalizations), Drugs/Narcotics - (126,143), Wanted Person (Arrest Warrant/Fugitive) - (117,165), stolen and variants (88K+), Traffic Infraction - (93,112), Larceny/Theft Offenses - (64,000), and warrant (66,321).
The 0.2% blank reason rate is low relative to many other agencies.