# Flock statement on network sharing and federal cooperation > *Audited source extract. The dossier was used only as a lead; the underlying source was independently acquired and checked on 2026-07-20.* ## Source metadata - **Publisher:** Flock Safety - **Original dossier URL:** https://www.flocksafety.com/blog/statement-network-sharing-use-cases-federal-cooperation - **Resolved/canonical URL used:** https://www.flocksafety.com/blog/statement-network-sharing-use-cases-federal-cooperation - **Publication date:** not stated / not independently established - **Underlying event or version:** not separately stated - **Archived:** 2026-07-20, from unauthenticated public access; no cookies, tokens, or login state retained - **Wayback snapshot:** save failed on 2026-07-20 after the archive service returned HTTP 403; retry pending ## Verification verdict **supported with narrower wording** — The statement supports opt-in sharing modes, exact-plate National Lookup, required reasons, and permanent audit-trail representations. It is a vendor account of controls and federal cooperation, not proof of every actual tenant configuration or access path. ## Claim boundary This source is authoritative only within the source class and limitations stated above. ## Extract **Extracted-text lines 271-275:** > and burglary cases. > There are customizable options for data sharing amongst agencies: > 1:1 Sharing – police departments can choose to share camera access with other PDs, in order to solve cross-jurisdictional crime, on a 1:1 basis (one PD to one PD), within a specific geographic radius (sharing with all agencies within 10 miles, for example), or within their state. Agencies can also elect not to share any data outside their own agency, or remove themselves from sharing at any time. > National Lookup – police departments can choose to join Flock’s National Lookup network, which enables a unique type of sharing. Specifically built for far-reaching crimes like human or narcotics trafficking and missing persons, National Lookup allows police to search for the full plate number of one specific, known license plate (only a complete license plate) across cameras that other police departments have also opted in to share with this network. > ‍ **Extracted-text lines 276-280:** > Some states, like California, do not allow any sharing across state borders. For those states, Flock has disabled National Lookup to make compliance easier. And private customers never have access to law enforcement data. > Conducting LPR Searches > : When an agency conducts a search in the Flock system, whether only on their own cameras or on shared cameras, a “search reason” is required, every time. Flock provides options for a drop-down menu of search reasons corresponding to specific use cases, and a free text field for a case number. > Agencies should prescribe, in their LPR policies, how users should populate that search field. > Why Auditing is Crucial: **Wayback failure**: The bounded Save Page Now pass stopped after the archive service returned HTTP 403 on the first request. This source was not individually retried; retry pending. ## Notes - Tier: 2 — vendor primary/self-description; authoritative only for the vendor's own claims. - The excerpt is bounded to the claims audited here; consult the preserved original for full context. - Cited by: see `citing_pages:` frontmatter; populated after wiki integration.