Data update: McDonough County IL SO (June 2026)
6.2M network audit records from McDonough County IL SO covering February 2025 through April 2026, with 4,417 agencies on the network.
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.