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Data update: Port Fourchon Harbor LA PD (Apr 2026)

~1M network audit records from Port Fourchon Harbor LA PD covering February–March 2026, with reason data and 3,600+ immigration/trafficking-related searches.

by HaveIBeenFlocked Team
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Network audit records from the Port Fourchon Harbor LA PD were added, covering February 22 through March 25, 2026. Port Fourchon is a small coastal community at the southern tip of Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, best known as the largest service base for the Gulf of Mexico oil and gas industry. No organization audit was included — only the network audit showing which outside agencies searched through Port Fourchon’s Flock camera network.

#Network audit

  • Type: Network audit
  • Timespan: Feb 22, 2026 – Mar 25, 2026 (~1 month)
  • Earliest record: Feb 22, 2026, 1:00 PM UTC
  • Latest record: Mar 25, 2026, 12:59 AM UTC
  • Records: 996,333
  • Organizations: 3,179

#Search types

TypeCount%
lookup881,27188.4%
search110,12511.1%
apiV12,4330.2%
convoy2,3210.2%
searchSummary122<0.01%
visual56<0.01%
freeform4<0.01%
multiGeo1<0.01%

#Top searchers

OrganizationSearches
Houston TX PD57,558
Dallas TX PD45,796
Texas Department of Public Safety27,417
Harris County TX SO13,088
Hillsborough County FL SO11,910
Louisville Metro KY PD10,930
Atlanta GA PD10,795
Coweta County GA SO9,388
Jefferson Parish LA SO8,735
Missouri State Highway Patrol8,311

The top four searchers are all Texas agencies, combining for 143,859 searches — 14.4% of the total. Jefferson Parish SO, at #9, is the highest-ranking Louisiana agency. Houston TX PD alone accounts for 5.8% of all searches through Port Fourchon’s cameras.

#Louisiana agencies

Louisiana agencies account for 41,115 searches (4.1%) across 58 organizations:

OrganizationSearches
Jefferson Parish LA SO8,735
East Baton Rouge LA SO3,067
Lafayette Parish LA SO3,005
St. Tammany Parish LA SO2,766
Lafayette LA PD2,175
Baton Rouge LA PD2,112
Terrebonne Parish LA SO1,870
Kenner LA PD1,843
Lafourche Parish LA SO1,754
Calcasieu Parish SO LA1,333

The two nearest parishes — Lafourche (1,754) and Terrebonne (1,870) — together account for just 0.36% of the total. The overwhelming majority of queries against these cameras come from agencies far outside the area.

#Reason data

Unlike many network audits, this dataset includes populated reason fields on nearly all records (996,173 of 996,333). The top reasons:

ReasonSearches
Drugs/Narcotics49,781
Wanted Person (Arrest Warrant/Fugitive)45,477
Motor Vehicle Theft/Stolen36,175
Traffic Infraction32,573
Larceny/Theft Offenses24,000
Auto Theft / VCD Investigation17,026
Hit and Run/Car Accident10,781
Assault/Battery Offenses9,418
Stolen Property Offenses9,278
Burglary/Breaking & Entering8,806

#Immigration and human trafficking

3,614 searches reference immigration enforcement or human trafficking in their reason fields.

Human trafficking is the largest category with approximately 2,800 searches. Agencies tagged searches with reasons including “Human Trafficking” (739 base, plus hundreds of variants like “Human Trafficking - Criminal Justice Purpose,” “Human Trafficking - inv,” and “Human Trafficking - human trafficking”). Some entries reference specific operations (“HT hotel op 3/10/26,” “HT Outcall 2/23/26”) and named individuals.

Immigration (civil and criminal) accounts for roughly 800 searches. Reason strings include “Immigration (civil/administrative)” (148), “Immigration (criminal)” (83), and variations referencing ICE, CBP, and Border Patrol. Some entries explicitly name “ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations” as the purpose.

HSI (Homeland Security Investigations) appears across multiple reason categories — not only under immigration but also under drugs/narcotics, weapons offenses, and financial crimes — with case numbers referencing specific HSI Miami investigations.

The concentration of trafficking-related searches through a tiny port community’s camera network is notable, likely reflecting Port Fourchon’s position as a major maritime industrial hub.

#Redaction

All license plates are either redacted or blank. All officer/user names are redacted. Case numbers and vehicle filters are mostly empty or redacted.