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Hennepin County Sheriff's Office dropped a license plate reader location from the state roster
Camera locations removedHennepin County Sheriff's Office's entry on the Minnesota BCA license plate reader roster now lists one camera location, down from two. No longer listed: - Fremont Avenue N. at Dowling Avenue N., Minneapolis Still listed: - Penn Avenue at 40th Street, Minneapolis 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?
One or more camera locations no longer appear on the agency's entry in the Minnesota BCA's public roster of license plate reader users. A dropped location can mean a camera was taken down or moved, or that the listing was only edited; the roster does not say which. Plate reads already collected can stay on file, since Minn. Stat. 13.824 requires destruction within 60 days only for reads not tied to an active investigation. The roster covers every ALPR vendor, not just Flock Safety.
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Hennepin County Sheriff's Office went from 4 to 2 cameras
Camera(s) removedThe portal's Total Cameras count dropped from 4 to 2. Everything else on the portal — 30-day retention, hotlist sources (NCMEC Amber Alert, MN BCA), and the acceptable use, prohibited use, access and hotlist policies — was unchanged from the previous snapshot (2026-07-29).
What does this mean?
The agency's camera count went down. Cameras may have been moved, decommissioned, or pulled after a pilot. A lower count does not by itself undo earlier data sharing, because plate reads already collected can stay on file until the 60-day destruction deadline in Minn. Stat. 13.824.