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Columbia Heights PD went inactive (removed Flock)
Went inactiveColumbia Heights PD's Flock deployment was removed and now shows as inactive. The change surfaced on the sharing lists of West Hennepin Public Safety and Blaine PD, which both listed Columbia Heights as inactive.
What does this mean?
The agency's Flock program has stopped, either in part or for good. On the portal that usually shows up as an inactive listing or cameras that no longer report, and behind it is often a contract that was paused, allowed to lapse, or canceled outright. Agencies have ended their Flock relationship after a finished pilot, a budget decision, a council vote, or public pushback, and the same window often brings removals from other agencies' sharing lists. An inactive listing does not mean the cameras or the data are gone. Equipment can stay mounted, and plate reads already collected can stay on file, since Minn. Stat. 13.824 requires destruction within 60 days only for reads not connected to an active criminal investigation. -
Blaine PD started sharing with Dodge County Sheriff's Office
Started sharing with a new agencyBegan sharing with the Dodge County Sheriff's Office (MN).
What does this mean?
The agency added another law enforcement agency to its sharing network, letting that agency search its plate data. Minn. Stat. 13.824 allows sharing for legitimate law enforcement purposes and requires any agency that receives the data to follow the same retention and security rules, but each new partner widens who can see where local drivers have been. -
Flock pitched Minneapolis PD: 1,100+ devices and 110+ customers already in Minnesota
Vendor sales pitchThree days after a Friday call, Flock's Huston Cambron emailed MPD Commander Reisdorfer with a follow-up pitch. The offer: in-car LPR through Flock's Getac partnership, fixed and Flock Flex cameras to supplement the Insight LPR units MPD already runs, and platform access to search and share with Flock customers in and outside Minnesota. The numbers Flock put on its own footprint: 1,100+ devices across 110+ Minnesota customers, most of them law enforcement. It also named 19 metro agencies already on the network, including Hennepin County, St. Paul, the University of Minnesota, Edina, Plymouth, Woodbury, Eagan, and Blaine, "and many more." A pitch is not a purchase. The email itself shows MPD was running Insight LPR, not Flock, at the time.
What does this mean?
Flock Safety or another ALPR vendor pitched the agency on buying or expanding cameras, in-car readers, or access to its search platform. Sales emails are often the earliest public record that a department is considering the technology, sometimes long before a contract or a transparency portal exists. They also tend to carry figures the vendor does not publish elsewhere, such as how many devices and customers it has in the state and which neighboring agencies already share data. A pitch is not a purchase. It shows what the vendor offered, not what the agency decided. These records typically surface through requests under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act. -
South St. Paul PD's ALPR audit reported zero findings
Independent audit publishedIndependent audit by LOGIS reported no exceptions across all seven statutory controls. A zero-findings result is the norm in Minnesota, where roughly four in five audits clear the agency, and it often reflects a checklist review rather than substantive oversight.
What does this mean?
Minn. Stat. 13.824 subd. 6 requires every agency that operates ALPRs to obtain an independent audit at least every two years, checking that data is properly classified, used only for authorized purposes, destroyed on schedule, and that each query had a documented reason, with results due to state officials within 30 days. The audit is one of the few outside checks on how an agency actually runs its cameras. In practice most Minnesota audits report zero findings, often on a boilerplate template that clears nearly every agency it reviews, so a clean audit usually reflects a light-touch review rather than proof the program meets the intent of the statute. FinePrint's ALPR Audit Watch tracks each agency's audit date, auditor, and findings count. -
Columbia Heights PD's ALPR audit found a compliance exception
Independent audit publishedIndependent audit by Lynn Lembcke Consulting, covering May 2024 to May 2025, rated the department "substantially compliant, with exception." The finding: the agency missed the 10-day deadline in Minn. Stat. 13.824 to notify the BCA of its fixed camera locations after the system went live.
What does this mean?
Minn. Stat. 13.824 subd. 6 requires every agency that operates ALPRs to obtain an independent audit at least every two years, checking that data is properly classified, used only for authorized purposes, destroyed on schedule, and that each query had a documented reason, with results due to state officials within 30 days. The audit is one of the few outside checks on how an agency actually runs its cameras. In practice most Minnesota audits report zero findings, often on a boilerplate template that clears nearly every agency it reviews, so a clean audit usually reflects a light-touch review rather than proof the program meets the intent of the statute. FinePrint's ALPR Audit Watch tracks each agency's audit date, auditor, and findings count. -
Fridley PD's ALPR audit reported zero findings
Independent audit publishedIndependent audit by Code 4 Group (Hans Link), covering October 2022 to October 2024, reported no findings across all statutory controls for Fridley PD's Rekor Scout and Flock Safety ALPR systems. A zero-findings result is the norm in Minnesota, where roughly four in five audits clear the agency, and it often reflects a checklist review rather than substantive oversight.
What does this mean?
Minn. Stat. 13.824 subd. 6 requires every agency that operates ALPRs to obtain an independent audit at least every two years, checking that data is properly classified, used only for authorized purposes, destroyed on schedule, and that each query had a documented reason, with results due to state officials within 30 days. The audit is one of the few outside checks on how an agency actually runs its cameras. In practice most Minnesota audits report zero findings, often on a boilerplate template that clears nearly every agency it reviews, so a clean audit usually reflects a light-touch review rather than proof the program meets the intent of the statute. FinePrint's ALPR Audit Watch tracks each agency's audit date, auditor, and findings count. -
Shakopee PD's ALPR audit reported zero findings
Independent audit publishedIndependent audit by Lynn Lembcke Consulting reported no findings across all statutory controls. A zero-findings result is the norm in Minnesota, where roughly four in five audits clear the agency, and it often reflects a checklist review rather than substantive oversight.
What does this mean?
Minn. Stat. 13.824 subd. 6 requires every agency that operates ALPRs to obtain an independent audit at least every two years, checking that data is properly classified, used only for authorized purposes, destroyed on schedule, and that each query had a documented reason, with results due to state officials within 30 days. The audit is one of the few outside checks on how an agency actually runs its cameras. In practice most Minnesota audits report zero findings, often on a boilerplate template that clears nearly every agency it reviews, so a clean audit usually reflects a light-touch review rather than proof the program meets the intent of the statute. FinePrint's ALPR Audit Watch tracks each agency's audit date, auditor, and findings count. -
Shakopee PD's ALPR audit reported zero findings
Independent audit publishedIndependent audit by Lynn Lembcke Consulting reported no findings across all statutory controls. A zero-findings result is the norm in Minnesota, where roughly four in five audits clear the agency, and it often reflects a checklist review rather than substantive oversight.
What does this mean?
Minn. Stat. 13.824 subd. 6 requires every agency that operates ALPRs to obtain an independent audit at least every two years, checking that data is properly classified, used only for authorized purposes, destroyed on schedule, and that each query had a documented reason, with results due to state officials within 30 days. The audit is one of the few outside checks on how an agency actually runs its cameras. In practice most Minnesota audits report zero findings, often on a boilerplate template that clears nearly every agency it reviews, so a clean audit usually reflects a light-touch review rather than proof the program meets the intent of the statute. FinePrint's ALPR Audit Watch tracks each agency's audit date, auditor, and findings count.