West Seneca Data

Flock Camera Data

"Flock Group, Inc. (dba "Flock Safety"), a for-profit Delaware corporation and tech company, provides a large-scale "surveillance as a service" system marketed to police agencies and private communities.

Its network of cameras, mainly placed on public roadways, captures images of passing vehicles. These images are sent to Flock's servers, where an AI platform scans license plates and analyzes images to index vehicle characteristics like make, model, and color.

This data is then compiled into a vast, searchable database shared among Flock's network of customers." (quoted from haveibeenflocked.com)

Total Network Searches (July 2024 - June 2026): 15,497,754

Total Network Searches (January 2026 - June 2026): 5,485,479

Total Network Searches OUTSIDE 500 Miles (January 2026 - June 2026): 3,800,862

Total Network Searches OUTSIDE 500 Miles (January 2026 - June 2026): 1,684,617

Network Searches

Network Searches are searches of the West Seneca Flock database from organizations outside of the West Seneca Police Department. The department has opted into sharing their data with organizations.

Since inception, the West Seneca Flock network has been searched over 15M in a two year period. For YTD June 2026, total non-WSPD searches have been over 5M.

Who are the largest searchers of West Seneca data?

Houston TX PD has been the largest searcher of West Seneca data, at well over 1M searches of the two year period. This amounts to an average of 47 THOUSAND searches a month! What is likely happening is that Houston PD is not narrowing their search criteria when they do a search for a license plate, which therefore runs their searches through the entire national network that they have access to. It could also be related to an automated procedure or process that is querying the data without human intervention. There have been some recent stories lately about the Houston TX PD and their searches:

As of July 2026, the WSPD has advised citizens that they have restricted searches of their data to entities within 500 miles of West Seneca.

Top 10 by Count (July 2024 - June 2026)

500 Mile Radius Circle from 14224

Sampling the data between January 2026 and June 2026, we can see why this was adopted. When we look at organizations searching West Seneca Flock data by their distance from West Seneca, and only review data between January 2026 and June 2026 we find that over two-thirds of the searches have been outside of 500 miles.

Count (January 2026 - June 2026)

Breaking it down by this new dimension, we come up with a list of organizations who searched the most in 2026 that are outside 500 miles and within the 500 mile threshold:

Top 10 Organizations Outside 500 Miles from 14224 (Count from January 2026 - June 2026)

Top 10 Organizations Within 500 Miles from 14224 (Count from January 2026 - June 2026)

Some additional organizations who appeared on the search list that were notable included:

https://abc13.com/post/houston-police-department-is-top-flock-camera-searcher-lucas-county-ohio-data-shows/19699604/

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/projects/2025/houston-flock-surveillance-explained/