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INDIANA – EVANSVILLE
“The thing that never happens…….happened”
Flock Data Hacked At Evansville Police Department.
Unwarranted surveillance is unconstitutional. It’s called the 4th amendment.
In late 2025 / early 2026, large volumes of Flock audit logs (search records) from many agencies, including Evansville, became publicly available. These were aggregated on the site:
• More than 80,000 EPD searches (and ultimately part of a much larger national set of tens of millions of searches) appeared online.
• Exposed details included license plate numbers searched, reasons for searches (including active investigations such as homicide and narcotics cases), detective/officer names or identifiers, and related metadata. 
The data reached the public primarily because some agencies (including departments outside Indiana) released poorly or incompletely redacted Flock audit logs in response to public-records requests. Because Evansville participates in Flock’s national data-sharing (“National Lookup”) network, its search activity became part of the broader exposed dataset. 
Official responses
• The FBI issued a warning describing the exposure as a significant officer-safety risk. Suspects could potentially learn they were under investigation and retaliate against officers or cooperating individuals. 
• Flock Safety has repeatedly stated that its cloud platform has never been hacked and that no customer production data was exfiltrated by attackers. The company has characterized the incident as resulting from local agencies’ handling of public-records releases rather than a breach of its systems. It has also pushed back against the HaveIBeenFlocked site. 
• EPD officials (including Sgt. Patrick McDonald) have said the city maintains control of its data under Flock’s terms, that the cameras capture publicly visible information (license plates on public roads), and that they continue to value the national-sharing feature for investigating multi-jurisdictional crime. 
Broader local context
Evansville and Vanderburgh County operate a substantial Flock/ALPR network (dozens of cameras documented in the city alone). Local debate has focused on:
• Nationwide data sharing (including documented queries related to immigration enforcement by out-of-state agencies).
• Privacy and Fourth Amendment concerns raised by groups such as DeFlock Evansville.
• Occasional physical damage or removal of cameras in the region. 
No evidence indicates a traditional cyber intrusion into Flock’s core systems specifically targeting Evansville data. The exposure stemmed from the combination of national network connectivity + incomplete redaction of public-records releases by participating agencies.
For the primary local reporting, see the Evansville Courier & Press coverage from January 2026 (updated later).
The HaveIBeenFlocked site itself hosts searchable audit data drawn from those public releases.
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