Cleveland's mayor's administration has been denying a public-records request from the City Council asking for logs showing which outside law enforcement agencies have searched the Flock Safety camera network, a permanent record of where cars, activists, organizers, and dissidents have been searched. The city has given a 30-day snapshot showing 228 searches by departments from Florida to Texas to Kansas, from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service to a Parma Heights embezzlement investigation. However, the administration has not shared the full picture and has asked residents to trust their trust in the system. This comes amidst a history of surveillance abuse by an administration focused on targeting political opponents and journalists.