Minnesota Mass Surveillance: Live ALPR Updates

Spring Lake Park PD stopped sharing with Medina PD

Medina MN PD was removed from the list of organizations granted access to Spring Lake Park PD data on its Flock transparency portal (between Distill snapshots of 2026-10-03 and 2026-10-22). Camera count (2), retention (7 days), and the rest of the sharing list were unchanged.

St. Paul PD stopped sharing with Winona PD

Winona PD (MN) no longer appears in the list of organizations granted access to Saint Paul Police Department data on its Flock transparency portal. Surfaced between portal snapshots of 2026-10-07 and 2026-10-08.

Paul Bunyan Task Force stopped sharing with Winona PD

Winona MN PD was removed from the list of organizations granted access to Paul Bunyan Task Force MN data. It was deleted from the list entirely rather than tagged [Inactive]. Everything else on the portal is unchanged from the previous snapshot (2026-10-04): 22 cameras, 30-day retention, the same hotlist sources (NCMEC Amber Alert, MN BCA), and the same policy text. Brooklyn Park MN PD and Columbia Heights MN PD remain flagged inactive. The change occurred sometime after 2026-10-04 and was detected on 2026-10-07. Winona PD's own portal was not checked, and Winona still appears on the St. Paul PD portal's sharing list as of the same window, so this looks like an ended sharing relationship rather than Winona leaving Flock. The portal does not say which side ended the sharing. Source: https://transparency.flocksafety.com/paul-bunyan-task-force-mn

St. Paul PD stopped sharing with Duluth PD

Duluth MN PD was removed from the list of organizations granted access to Saint Paul Police Department (MN) data. It was deleted from the list entirely rather than tagged [Inactive]. Everything else on the portal is unchanged from the previous snapshot (2026-10-04): 1 fixed LPR location, 7-day retention, the same hotlist sources (NCMEC Amber Alert, FBI National Hotlist, MN BCA), and the same policy text. The change occurred sometime after 2026-10-04 and was detected on 2026-10-07. Duluth PD's own portal was not checked, and Duluth does not appear on the Paul Bunyan Task Force sharing list in either snapshot, so no corroborating portal is known. The portal does not say which side ended the sharing. Source: https://transparency.flocksafety.com/st-paul-mn-pd

St. Paul PD stopped sharing with Maple Grove PD

Maple Grove MN PD was removed from the "Sharing Network Data With" list on the St. Paul PD transparency portal. It was present in the portal snapshot of 2026-09-25 and absent on 2026-10-04. Maple Grove's own Flock portal still loads and shows as active, so this appears to be a change to the sharing relationship, not Maple Grove leaving Flock. The portal does not say which side ended the sharing. The same removal appeared on the Spring Lake Park PD portal.

Spring Lake Park PD stopped sharing with Maple Grove PD

Maple Grove MN PD was removed from the "Sharing Network Data With" list on the Spring Lake Park PD transparency portal. It was present in the portal snapshot of 2026-09-25 and absent on 2026-10-03. Maple Grove's own Flock portal still loads and shows as active, so this appears to be a change to the sharing relationship, not Maple Grove leaving Flock. The portal does not say which side ended the sharing. The same removal appeared on the St. Paul PD portal.

Spring Lake Park PD stopped sharing with Itasca County Sheriff's Office

Itasca County MN SO was removed from the list of organizations granted access to Spring Lake Park MN PD data, taking the sharing list from 53 organizations to 52. It was deleted from the list entirely rather than tagged [Inactive]. Everything else on the portal is unchanged from the previous snapshot (2026-09-16): 2 cameras, 7-day retention, the same hotlist sources (NCMEC Amber Alert, MN BCA), and the same policy text. Brooklyn Park MN PD and Columbia Heights MN PD remain flagged inactive. Paul Bunyan Task Force also dropped Itasca County SO from its sharing list in the same window (logged 2026-09-24), which points to a change on Itasca County's side rather than two separate decisions. Itasca County's own transparency portal is not monitored, so it is not confirmed whether it left the Flock network or only ended these sharing agreements. Source: https://transparency.flocksafety.com/spring-lake-park-mn-pd

St. Paul PD stopped sharing with Itasca County Sheriff's Office

Itasca County MN SO was removed from the list of organizations granted access to Saint Paul Police Department (MN) data, taking the sharing list from 57 organizations to 56. It was deleted from the list entirely rather than tagged [Inactive]. Everything else on the portal is unchanged from the previous snapshot (2026-09-23): 1 fixed LPR location, 7-day retention, the same hotlist sources (NCMEC Amber Alert, FBI National Hotlist, MN BCA), and the same policy text. This is the third monitored portal to drop Itasca County SO in the same window — Paul Bunyan Task Force (logged 2026-09-24) and Spring Lake Park PD (logged 2026-09-25) both removed it as well — which points to a change on Itasca County's side rather than three separate decisions. Itasca County's own transparency portal is not monitored (it has no known Flock portal), so it is not confirmed whether it left the Flock network entirely or only ended these sharing agreements; the MN BCA roster separately shows Itasca County SO's disclosed fixed ALPR locations changed to "N/A" around the same time, which may reflect the same underlying change but comes from a vendor-neutral source and is logged separately. Source: https://transparency.flocksafety.com/st-paul-mn-pd

Paul Bunyan Task Force stopped sharing with Itasca County Sheriff's Office

Itasca County MN SO was removed from the list of organizations granted access to Paul Bunyan Task Force MN data, taking the task force's sharing network from 63 organizations to 62. It was deleted from the list entirely rather than tagged [Inactive]. Everything else on the portal is unchanged from the previous snapshot (2026-09-23): 22 cameras, 30-day retention, the same hotlist sources (NCMEC Amber Alert, MN BCA), and the same policy text. Brooklyn Park MN PD and Columbia Heights MN PD remain flagged inactive. Itasca County's own transparency portal is not monitored, so it is not confirmed whether it left the Flock network or only ended this sharing agreement; no other monitored portal reported an Itasca County change in the same window. Source: https://transparency.flocksafety.com/paul-bunyan-task-force-mn

Paul Bunyan Task Force stopped sharing with Todd County Sheriff's Office

Todd County MN SO was removed from the list of organizations granted access to Paul Bunyan Task Force MN data, taking the task force's sharing network from 64 organizations to 63. It was deleted from the list entirely rather than tagged [Inactive]. Everything else on the portal is unchanged from the previous snapshot (2026-09-04): 22 cameras, 30-day retention, the same hotlist sources (NCMEC Amber Alert, MN BCA), and the same policy text. Brooklyn Park MN PD and Columbia Heights MN PD remain flagged inactive. The change occurred sometime after 2026-09-04 and was detected on 2026-09-23. St. Paul PD also dropped Todd County from its sharing list in the same window (logged 2026-09-22), which points to a change on Todd County's side rather than separate decisions by each portal owner. Todd County's own portal is not monitored, so it is not confirmed whether Todd County left the Flock network or only these sharing agreements ended. Source: https://transparency.flocksafety.com/paul-bunyan-task-force-mn

St. Paul PD stopped sharing with Todd County Sheriff's Office

Todd County MN SO was removed from the list of organizations granted access to Saint Paul Police Department (MN) data on the St. Paul PD Flock transparency portal, taking the sharing list from 58 organizations to 57. It was deleted from the list entirely rather than tagged [Inactive]. Everything else on the portal is unchanged from the previous snapshot (2026-09-05): 1 fixed LPR location, 7-day retention, the same hotlist sources (NCMEC Amber Alert, FBI National Hotlist, MN BCA), and the same policy text. The change occurred sometime after 2026-09-05 and was observed on the live portal on 2026-09-22. (The 2026-09-22 monitor alert itself captured a blank page load; the portal was live and fully rendered when checked directly the same day, so this entry reflects a direct comparison of the 2026-09-05 snapshot against the live portal.) Source: https://transparency.flocksafety.com/st-paul-mn-pd

Saint Paul PD stopped sharing with Crystal PD

Crystal MN PD was removed from the list of organizations granted access to Saint Paul Police Department (MN) data, taking the sharing list from 59 organizations to 58. It was deleted from the list entirely rather than tagged [Inactive]. Everything else on the portal was unchanged from the previous snapshot (2026-08-25): 1 fixed LPR location, 7-day retention, the same hotlist sources (NCMEC Amber Alert, FBI National Hotlist, MN BCA), and the same policy text. The change was detected 2026-09-05 and occurred sometime after 2026-08-25. This is the third monitored portal to drop Crystal in the same window — Paul Bunyan Task Force and Spring Lake Park PD both removed it on 2026-09-04 — which points to a change on Crystal's side rather than separate decisions by each portal owner. Crystal PD's own portal is not monitored, so it is not confirmed whether Crystal left the Flock network or only these sharing agreements ended.

Paul Bunyan Task Force stopped sharing with Crystal PD

Crystal MN PD was removed from the list of organizations granted access to Paul Bunyan Task Force MN data, taking the task force's sharing network from 65 organizations to 64. Crystal had been added to the list on 2026-07-31, so the sharing relationship lasted about five weeks. It was deleted from the list entirely rather than tagged [Inactive]. Everything else on the portal was unchanged from the previous snapshot (2026-08-26): 22 cameras, 30-day retention, the same hotlist sources (NCMEC Amber Alert, MN BCA), and the same policy text. Brooklyn Park MN PD and Columbia Heights MN PD remain flagged inactive. Crystal PD's own portal is not monitored, so it is not confirmed whether Crystal left the Flock network or only this sharing agreement ended; no other monitored portal reported a Crystal change in the same window.

Spring Lake Park PD stopped sharing with Crystal PD

Crystal MN PD was removed from the list of organizations granted access to Spring Lake Park MN PD data, taking the sharing list from 54 organizations to 53. It was deleted from the list entirely rather than tagged [Inactive]. Everything else on the portal was unchanged from the previous snapshot (2026-08-23): 2 cameras, 30-day retention, the same hotlist sources (NCMEC Amber Alert, MN BCA), and the same policy text. Brooklyn Park MN PD and Columbia Heights MN PD remain flagged inactive. Crystal was also removed from the Paul Bunyan Task Force sharing list in the same window (logged 2026-09-04), which points to a change on Crystal's side rather than separate decisions by each portal owner. Crystal PD's own portal is not monitored, so it is not confirmed whether Crystal left the Flock network or only these sharing agreements ended.

Paul Bunyan Task Force stopped sharing with Dakota County SO and Renville County SO

Dakota County MN SO and Renville County SO were removed from the list of organizations granted access to Paul Bunyan Task Force MN data. Camera count (22), 30-day retention, hotlist sources (NCMEC Amber Alert, MN BCA) and the portal's policy text were unchanged from the previous snapshot (2026-08-19). The same two removals appeared on the Spring Lake Park PD portal in the same detection window, which points to a change on Dakota County's and Renville County's side rather than separate decisions by each portal owner. Both were deleted from the list entirely rather than tagged [Inactive]. Neither agency's own portal is monitored, so it is not confirmed whether they left the Flock network or only ended these sharing agreements.

Spring Lake Park PD stopped sharing with Dakota County SO and Renville County SO

Dakota County MN SO and Renville County SO were removed from the list of organizations granted access to Spring Lake Park MN PD data. The rest of the portal - 2 cameras, 30-day retention, hotlist sources (NCMEC Amber Alert, MN BCA) and all policy text - was unchanged from the previous snapshot (2026-08-18). The same two removals appeared on the Paul Bunyan Task Force portal in the same detection window, which points to a change on Dakota County's and Renville County's side rather than separate decisions by each portal owner. Unlike Brooklyn Park and Columbia Heights, which remain on the list tagged [Inactive], both were deleted from the list entirely. Neither agency's own portal is monitored, so it is not confirmed whether they left the Flock network or only ended these sharing agreements.

Paul Bunyan Task Force stopped sharing with South St. Paul PD

South Saint Paul MN PD was removed from the list of organizations granted access to Paul Bunyan Task Force MN data, taking the task force's sharing network from 68 organizations to 67. Everything else on the portal was unchanged: 22 cameras, 30-day retention, the same hotlist sources (NCMEC Amber Alert, MN BCA), and the same acceptable use, prohibited use, access and hotlist policy text. Two partners on the list remain flagged inactive (Brooklyn Park MN PD and Columbia Heights MN PD). South St. Paul was also removed from Spring Lake Park PD's sharing list within the same 24-hour window, which points to a change on South St. Paul's side rather than two separate decisions; unlike Brooklyn Park and Columbia Heights it was deleted from the list entirely rather than tagged [Inactive]. South St. Paul PD's own transparency portal could not be checked during this run, so its status has been left as Active pending verification.

Spring Lake Park PD stopped sharing with South St. Paul PD

South Saint Paul MN PD was removed from the list of organizations granted access to Spring Lake Park MN PD data, leaving 55 partner agencies. The rest of the portal — 2 cameras, 30-day retention, hotlist sources and policy text — was unchanged from the previous snapshot (2026-07-28).

St. Louis Park PD lost inbound data access from Robbinsdale PD

Robbinsdale MN PD no longer appears under "Receiving Network Data From" on the St. Louis Park MN PD transparency portal, meaning Robbinsdale has stopped sharing its Flock data with St. Louis Park. St. Louis Park still lists Robbinsdale MN PD under "Sharing Network Data With," so the relationship is now one-directional: St. Louis Park shares out to Robbinsdale but no longer receives Robbinsdale data. No other sharing-list entries changed.

Anoka County Sheriff's Office stopped sharing with Middleton WI PD

Middleton WI PD was removed from the list of organizations granted access to Anoka County Sheriff's Office data. The same removal appeared on the Alexandria PD and Stillwater PD portals in the same 24-hour window, and Middleton WI PD also dropped off Medina PD's inbound list, which suggests Middleton left the Flock network rather than each Minnesota agency ending the relationship separately.