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This is from someone who sounds like they work for the Sherrif in Madison County. I asked them about those two towns.
"Those two towns are just the towns who have had their network audit logs released through a public records request and uploaded to HaveIbeenFlocked"
That's possible, but does not seem likely. First, it wasn't just the two towns, and hits came back from Buncombe County as well.
Also, the results exclude Madison County altogether, though there are cameras in the county, and presumably queries were made in regard to Madison County residents and plates, which is the supposed reason Madison County has Flock to begin with.
The way I read the HaveIbeenFlocked site was that the query itself was answered from that specific town or group of towns linked to the response, which would not be possible if the query itself had NO response from the HaveIbeenFlocked database.
Also, those two towns were just the most frequently listed, but others across the country have come up as I noted, as well as Buncombe County, which is where you'd think the vast majority of responses should be coming from, but they're not.
Buncombe County (Asheville) is the source for multiple queries, but not anywhere near a majority. And someone involved in the HaveIbeenFlocked flow of information is very aware of the Buncombe County responses, because on all the Buncombe County hits I saw, the reason for the query was redacted: that didn't just happen, someone chose to do that.
But if all this is legit, you know what source I never saw linked to a query? Madison County itself.
Now how is it possible, when cameras are in Madison County -- iow, Madison County is itself a valid source on HaveIbeenFlocked -- and the law enforcement requests are coming from Madison County, presumably pursuant to a valid Madison County law enforcement need for information, but the cameras in the county are not the source of any information requested? (Or very little, and I just missed them time after time.)
But don't take my word for it: the links are in my post. Look for yourself. Click on anything you find, as randomly as you like, and see what you see.