- Camera locations disclosed
Forest Lake PD's entry on the Minnesota BCA license plate reader roster now lists 13 camera locations, up from two. Already listed: - 11th Avenue SW at Eureka Avenue North - 2nd Street Northwest at Highway 8 (the earlier entry read "2nd Street NY at Highway 8") Newly listed: - Everton Avenue North at 220th Street North - Scandia Trail North at North Shore Trail North - Scandia Trail North at Hornsby Street Northeast - Scandia Trail North at Forest Road North - 12th Street Southwest at Broadway Avenue West - 3rd Street Northwest at Broadway Avenue West - Lyon Street Northeast at Broadway Avenue West - 6100 block of Scandia Trail North - 12th Street Southwest at 11th Avenue Southwest - 19th Street Southwest at Broadway Avenue West - Highway 61 at 184th Street North No Flock transparency portal has been found for Forest Lake PD, so its vendor is not confirmed. Source: Minnesota BCA, "Agencies that use License Plate Readers (LPR)": https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/bca/data-and-reports/agencies-use-lprs-lpr
What does this mean?
The agency's entry on the Minnesota BCA's public roster of license plate reader users now names camera locations it did not list before. Minn. Stat. 13.824 requires agencies to report where their permanently mounted readers are, and the BCA publishes those locations. A newly listed location can mean a new camera went up, or an existing camera was reported for the first time; the roster does not say which. The roster covers every ALPR vendor, not just Flock Safety, so a listing does not by itself show which company's cameras are at a location.