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Have I Been Flocked?

Search the Flock audit logs released under public-records law: who ran each search, whose cameras it reached, the stated reason, and whether your plate is in them.

Letters and numbers only. Nothing you type is stored or logged with your address.

Updated Oct 20, 2026 · Public records

6,896,993 logged Flock searches from 8 agencies’ audit logs are searchable here, covering May 2021 to August 2026. 33,025 of those records include the license plate that was searched (3,944 distinct plates); the rest were redacted by the releasing agency, so they count toward the totals but cannot be matched to a plate.

4,375 different organizations appear as the party running a search. 148,760 of the agencies’ own searches list no reason and no case number. Every record was obtained by a local chapter through a public-records request and is linked to the original file below.

What is in the database

Whose camerasStateLogged searchesWith platePeriodSearching orgsObtained by
Elk Grove CA PD CA 3,336,043 0 May 2021 to Apr 2026 3,267 DeFlock Elk Grove
New Hanover County NC Sheriff NC 2,943,482 0 Jan 2025 to Jun 2026 2 DeFlock Wilmington
Denver CO PD CO 521,794 0 Mar 2025 to Jun 2025 3,516 Eyes Off Colorado (ACLU of Colorado)
Champaign IL PD IL 59,801 29,709 Apr 2024 to Mar 2026 19 StopFlock CU
Maryville TN PD TN 20,197 0 Jan 2024 to Oct 2025 1 Maryville Privacy
Crossville TN PD TN 10,645 0 Jul 2023 to Aug 2026 1 Crossville Privacy
Lynnwood WA PD WA 4,825 3,316 Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 1 DeFlock Lynnwood
Kennesaw State University GA PD GA 206 0 Jan 2026 to Jan 2026 1 KSU ALPRs

“Whose cameras” is the agency whose Flock network the search touched. For Elk Grove and Denver the logs list outside agencies searching those cities’ cameras; for Champaign, Lynnwood, and the others the logs are the agency’s own searches.

Federal agencies in the logs

Searches attributed to federal agencies, as the agency name appears in the audit logs:

  • [Federal] FBI [Inactive] 8,723
  • [Federal] ATF Nashville TN [inactive] 4,646
  • [Federal] US Postal Inspection Service 2,523
  • ATF Nashville TN 626
  • [Federal] US GSA Office of Inspector General 387
  • US Postal Inspection Service [Federal] 375
  • [Federal] National Park Service TN [Inactive] 368
  • ATF Louisville KY [inactive] 251
  • [Federal] ATF Louisville KY [inactive] 237
  • Homeland Security Investigations [Federal] [Inactive] 67
  • [Federal] Indiana Dunes National Park IN PD 46
  • Naval Criminal Investigative Service [Federal] [Inactive] 38
  • [Federal] The Presidio Trust CA - US Park Police 30
  • ALDOI/ AL State Fire Marshal's Office 25
  • Federal Heights CO PD 23
  • Langley VA Air Force Base [Federal] 15
  • US - GSA Office of Inspector General [Federal] 14
  • United States Border Control - Grand Forks Sector MN - DO NOT USE 10
  • Federal Way WA PD 8
  • Corinth City Marshal 6

The most common stated reasons

Flock asks for a reason on every search. These are the most frequent entries, exactly as officers typed them:

  • investigation 332,581
  • inv 271,222
  • stolen 214,539
  • warrant 104,803
  • invest 92,123
  • 10851 73,971
  • theft 72,383
  • suspect 58,482
  • wanted 57,736
  • stolen vehicle 51,659
  • intel 50,017
  • drugs 37,483
  • narcotics 34,558
  • 459 32,760
  • image download 32,454

Sources

Every file, as published by the chapter that obtained it. Download the originals and check the work.

Not in these logs? Request your own

Most agencies have never released their audit logs. Any resident can request the search history for their own plate: Flock’s system keeps a per-search audit trail, and it is a public record in most states. Use the records request template, name your plate and the date range, and ask for the “organization audit” and “network audit” exports. When it comes back, send it in and it will be added here with credit.

The independent project haveibeenflocked.com maintains its own audit-log search built from other requests. Check both.

How to read a result

  • Whose cameras: the agency whose Flock network the search ran against.
  • Searched by: the organization that ran it, which is often a different agency in another state.
  • Reason and case number: what the officer typed. Flock does not verify either. A missing case number is common and is one of the patterns auditors flag.
  • Networks and devices: how many shared networks and how many cameras the single query reached.

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