Federal searches

Searches labeled for Border Patrol, ICE, and the US Marshals.

CGPD says it does not share data with federal agencies.

That's not true.

On September 8, 2026, the Police Chief told City Council in writing that the department does not share camera data with federal agencies, including ICE.

The city's own search logs show one Casa Grande PD account running 42 searches between January 3 to March 3, 2025 with reasons like "target veh USBP," "ERO FUG OPS," and "USMS/ERO," some across more than 300 camera networks and 5,000 cameras.

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42

searches labeled for Border Patrol, ICE, or the US Marshals

5

more "load vehicle" searches with the tribal police on the border

1

account. One case code on most of them, or none at all.

5,090

cameras reached by a single one of these searches

The claim and the record

The city said "No." The logs say otherwise.

The city told the council

“No. CGPD does not share ALPR and PTZ data with Federal Agencies including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).”
Chief's agenda document, page 6

The record shows

The city's own search logs say otherwise. The Casa Grande PD account of Brandon Hill ran 42 searches between January 3 and March 3, 2025 with reasons like "target veh USBP," "target veh ERO," "ERO FUG OPS," and "USMS/ERO," plus 5 more "load vehicle" searches with the tribal police on the border. Some covered more than 300 camera networks and 5,000 cameras.

This is the pattern 404 Media documented in May 2025: ICE has no Flock contract, so local officers run the searches for it. We do not know the arrangement here, and these searches happened before the September 2025 contract. The handout speaks in the present tense and says "No."

Even if it stopped tomorrow, a city policy cannot bind the federal government. A subpoena compels Flock directly, and the contract lets Flock hand footage to "law enforcement authorities, government officials, or third parties."

42

searches labeled for Border Patrol, ICE, or the US Marshals

Excerpt from the February 2025 Casa Grande search log showing thirteen searches by Brandon Hill with reasons FUG OPS SUSPECT, LOAD VEH TOPD/USBP, LOAD VEH USBP/TOPD, LOAD VEHICLE TOPD, stolen veh USBP, and Fug Ops, some across 228 networks and 4,266 cameras.
February 2025 search log, page 9, as released by the city. Tap to open the page.

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Ask the council to require, in writing, that no search be run for a federal immigration agency.

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The searches, as released

47 searches. One account. Three months.

Every search below comes from the January, February, and March 2025 logs, from the account of Brandon Hill, Casa Grande AZ PD. Most carry a single case code, 4Z15BR254Z0001, or no case number at all. "Networks" are other agencies' camera systems.

Date
Jan 3, 2025
Reason typed into the log
"atl target veh USBP"
How far the search went
67 networks, then 229 networks
Proof: Jan 2025 log, p. 6
Date
Jan 8, 2025
Reason typed into the log
"ATL SUS VEH ERO FUG OPS"
How far the search went
1 network, then 228 networks
Proof: Jan 2025 log, p. 5
Date
Jan 11, 2025
Reason typed into the log
"atl target veh USBP"
How far the search went
Four searches, 67 to 229 networks
Proof: Jan 2025 log, p. 6
Date
Jan 16-30, 2025
Reason typed into the log
"atl target veh ERO"
How far the search went
Seven searches, 229 networks each
Proof: Jan 2025 log, p. 6
Date
Jan 24, 2025
Reason typed into the log
"ATL Load Vehicle TOPD"
How far the search went
Two searches, 228 networks
Proof: Jan 2025 log, p. 5
Date
Jan 27, 2025
Reason typed into the log
"ATL Load Veh USBP"
How far the search went
Two searches, 228 networks
Proof: Jan 2025 log, p. 5
Date
Jan 27, 2025
Reason typed into the log
"ATL SUSPECT VEHICLE ERO FUG OPS"
How far the search went
228 networks
Proof: Jan 2025 log, p. 5
Date
Feb 2-4, 2025
Reason typed into the log
"target veh USBP"
How far the search went
Six searches, 67 to 229 networks
Proof: Feb 2025 log, p. 10
Date
Feb 7, 2025
Reason typed into the log
"LOAD VEH USBP/TOPD"
How far the search went
1 network and 22 cameras, then 228 networks and 4,266 cameras
Proof: Feb 2025 log, p. 9
Date
Feb 7, 2025
Reason typed into the log
"LOAD VEH TOPD/USBP"
How far the search went
1 network and 22 cameras, then 228 networks and 4,266 cameras
Proof: Feb 2025 log, p. 9
Date
Feb 7, 2025
Reason typed into the log
"FUG OPS SUSPECT"
How far the search went
Two searches, 228 networks and 4,266 cameras
Proof: Feb 2025 log, p. 9
Date
Feb 10, 2025
Reason typed into the log
"target veh ERO"
How far the search went
229 networks and 4,266 cameras, then 67 networks and 1,204 cameras
Proof: Feb 2025 log, p. 10
Date
Feb 11, 2025
Reason typed into the log
"stolen veh USBP"
How far the search went
1 network and 22 cameras, then 67 networks and 1,204 cameras
Proof: Feb 2025 log, p. 9
Date
Feb 11, 2025
Reason typed into the log
"USMS/ERO"
How far the search went
Three searches, 228 networks and 4,266 cameras
Proof: Feb 2025 log, p. 15
Date
Mar 3, 2025
Reason typed into the log
"ATL Agg Felon ERO Fug Ops"
How far the search went
Two searches, 313 networks and 5,090 cameras
Proof: Mar 2025 log, p. 6

Did these searches stop? When? Ask the council for the network audits since.

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What the codes mean

Border-enforcement shorthand, in plain English.

The reasons in the log are abbreviations officers use every day. Here is what each one stands for.

The pattern nationally

In May 2025, 404 Media documented how ICE, which has no Flock contract of its own, gets Flock searches done by local police who type an immigration reason into the log. We do not know the arrangement in Casa Grande. We know what the log says.

Source: 404 Media, ICE taps into nationwide camera network
USBP
U.S. Border Patrol, part of Customs and Border Protection.
ERO
Enforcement and Removal Operations, the part of ICE that arrests and deports people.
Fug Ops
ERO's Fugitive Operations teams, which look for people with deportation orders.
USMS
U.S. Marshals Service.
TOPD
Tohono O'odham Police Department, the tribal police on the Arizona border, which works closely with Border Patrol.
Load veh
Border-enforcement slang for a car suspected of carrying smuggled people.
ATL
"Attempt to locate."

A policy cannot bind Washington

Even if the searches stopped, the contract leaves the door open.

A city policy binds city employees. It does not bind the federal government. A subpoena compels Flock directly, and Section 5.3 of the contract lets Flock hand footage to "law enforcement authorities, government officials, or third parties" when it believes the law requires it.

Read Section 5.3 on the Contract Page

Sharing runs both ways

If Casa Grande can search 6,504 networks, who can search Casa Grande?

The handout says data is shared with agencies within Arizona. The logs show searches reaching every state. 169 searches were labeled "Agency Assist," and the handout does not say for whom.

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Nationwide reach

Within Arizona still reaches outside Arizona.

In its own study session, the city admitted other Arizona agencies with out-of-state sharing agreements can reach beyond Arizona. CGPD cannot stop that.

Watch the admission →

Weak contract

$10M

Perpetual = forever. Photos can be deleted. The data lives on.

The contract deletes footage after 30 days but lets Flock analyze it, train its AI on it, and keep a worldwide, perpetual license to what it learns.

Read the contract gaps →

Audit logs

12,406

Two out of three searches have no real case number.

Searches with no real case number. That is 2 out of 3.

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Bottom line

Turn off the sharing. Put it in writing. Audit it from outside.

The petition asks the council to disable outside-agency sharing unless it publicly approves a narrow exception, and to require outside audits with public results.

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