FOIA
Freedom of Information Act
Under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), citizens can request records from U.S. federal agencies. Below are an assortment of FOIA requests that have been recieved:
Champaign County Sheriff's Office
- Correspondence
- 2026-03-12_FOIA_correspondence.pdf .
- 2026-03-18_FOIA_correspondence.pdf .
- 2026-03-19_FOIA_correspondence.pdf .
- 2026-03-26_FOIA_correspondence.pdf .
- 2026-03-27_FOIA_correspondence.pdf .
- 2026-04-02_county_correspondence.pdf .
- 2026-05-11_foia_correspondence.pdf .
- 2026-05-18_correspondence.pdf .
- 2026-05-18_correspondence_2.pdf .
- 2026-06-09_correspondence.pdf .
- 2026-06-22_correspondence.pdf .
- 2026-07-04_correspondence.pdf .
- 2026-07-14_corresondence.pdf .
- Invoices
- 2023-02-21_invoice.pdf $2,850 1 Falcon
- 2023-02-22_invoice.pdf $4,800 3 Falcons
- 2024-02-26_invoice.pdf $21,753.42 11 Falcons
- 2025-01-02_invoice.pdf $27,500 11 Falcons
- Other
Champaign Police Department
- Annual Reports
- 2022-07-22_annual_report.docx Has 2022 ALPR locations
- 2023-07-20_annual_report.docx Has 2022 ALPR locations
- 2023-07-20_annual_report.pdf .
- 2024-12-31_annual_report.docx Has 2022 ALPR locations
- 2025-10-13_annual_report.docx Has 2024 relocations (also see 2023-209)
- "On May 4, 2022, the Department's ALPR program was implemented. At that time, nine ALPRs were installed and operational." — 2022-07-22 Annual Report
- May 8, 2022 was the first success story according to the 2022-07-22 Annual Report.
- 3,246,246 reads per month on 28 ALPRs according to the 2022-07-22 Annual Report.
- "Department administrators also provided clarifying instruction, which advised staff that ALPRs could be used for criminal offenses for which they would make a custodial arrest." — 2022-07-22 Annual Report
- "The term of the agreement with Flock was for two years, which did not commence until the last ALPR was installed on January 24, 2023."
- The 2024-12-31 does not mention the deployment of any new ALPRs, approved on Dec 2023
- "As of June 2025, the ALPR infrastructure includes: 62 fixed Falcon ALPRs (including the original 46 deployed in 2023)"
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"CPD began auditing all ALPR search activity conducted on the network to ensure compliance." —2025-10-13 Annual Report
- So they're actually auditing the network searches? I would like to see those audits.
- There must be a lag to the information these reports. Consider: "Estimated deployment at 18 intersections by Summer 2025" — 2025-10-13 Annual Report
- Correspondence
- 2026-03-13_foia_correspondence.pdf Initial request
- 2026-03-22_foia_correspondence.pdf Legal deadline passed; following up
- 2026-03-23_1_foia_correspondence.pdf Sorry! Should have sent you extension letter
- 2026-03-23_2_foia_correspondence.pdf Extension letter
- 2026-03-25_1_foia_correspondence.pdf Some requests completed, some denied (exemption claimed), some "no records returned"
- 2026-03-25_2_foia_correspondence.pdf Can you clarify denials and other stuff?
- 2026-03-25_3_foia_correspondence.pdf Here's a previous statement by the Police about the audits I wanted to request
- CRS Reports
- Invoices
- 2022-10-05_invoice.pdf $125,500 46 new Falcons
- 2023-07-20_invoice.pdf $125,500 Whoops, we changed bank accts (46 new Flock Falcons)
- 2023-08-24_invoice.pdf $1,300 1 replacement pole and camera (Falcon?)
- 2024-02-24_invoice.pdf $242,200 46 old + 16 new Falcons, 4 new Falcon Flex, 36 new Flock Wing integrations
- 2024-08-05_invoice.pdf $800 1 replacement Falcon Flex
- 2024-10-10_invoice.pdf $1,300 1 replacement pole and camera (Falcon?)
- 2024-10-30_invoice.pdf $11,000 7 new Flock Wing integrations
- 2025-01-28_invoice.pdf $228,000 62 old Falcons, 4 old Falcon Flex, 36 old Flock Wing
- 2025-04-11_invoice.pdf .
- 2025-10-27_invoice.pdf $10,500 7 old Flock Wing integrations
- 2026-01-26_invoice.pdf $228,000 62 old Falcons, 4 old Falcon Flex, 36 old Flock Wing integrations
- Org Audit
- Champaign IL PD_Organization_Audit_2025-01-01_2025-02-01.csv .
- Champaign IL PD_Organization_Audit_2025-02-01_2025-03-01.csv .
- Champaign IL PD_Organization_Audit_2025-03-01_2025-04-01.csv .
- Champaign IL PD_Organization_Audit_2025-04-01_2025-05-01.csv .
- Champaign IL PD_Organization_Audit_2025-05-01_2025-06-01.csv .
- Champaign IL PD_Organization_Audit_2025-06-01_2025-07-01.xlsx .
- Champaign IL PD_Organization_Audit_2025-07-01_2025-08-01.xlsx .
- Champaign IL PD_Organization_Audit_2025-08-01_09-01.csv .
- Champaign IL PD_Organization_Audit_2025-08-01_2025-08-31.csv .
- Champaign IL PD_Organization_Audit_2025-10-01_2025-10-31.csv.xlsx .
- Champaign IL PD_Organization_Audit_2025-11-01_2025-11-30.csv.xlsx .
- Champaign IL PD_Organization_Audit_2025-12-01_2025-12-31.csv.xlsx .
- Champaign IL PD_Organization_Audit_2026-01-01_2026-01-31.csv.xlsx .
- Champaign IL PD_Organization_Audit_2026-02-01_2025-02-28.csv .
- Other
- 2022-03-15_contract.pdf 2-year contract
- 2023-12-27_contract.pdf 5-year contract
- 2024-apr.csv .
- 2026_may_audit.pdf .
- Sole-Source-Justification.pdf .
- lamberson_email.pdf .
Parkland College
- Agreements
- Other
UIUC
- Amendments
- Other