Fridley Police Department
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Fridley PD changed one license plate reader location on its state roster entry
OtherOne of Fridley PD's six listed license plate reader locations on the Minnesota BCA roster changed: - Was: 5600 block of East River Road NE - Now: 5800 block of East River Road NE The other five locations are unchanged. The roster does not say whether the camera was moved or the address was corrected. Source: Minnesota BCA, "Agencies that use License Plate Readers (LPR)": https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/bca/data-and-reports/agencies-use-lprs-lpr
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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.