A west suburban police department inadvertently shared license plate data for more than a year with federal immigration authorities in apparent violation of Illinois law, according to a state audit and a top village official.

Forest Park Mayor Rory Hoskins said the breach by his community’s police department began in April 2024 and lasted until Wednesday, when the village was notified by its license-plate scanner vendor, Motorola Solutions, about the mishap, and federal access to the data was revoked.

Neither Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias’ office , which performed the audit, nor Hoskins provided specifics about how many license plate images may have been shared during that period.

“License plate reading cameras serve as powerful surveillance technology, and as secretary of state,

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