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The agency's MN BCA license-plate-reader roster entry previously listed 19 specific fixed/stationary device locations around Grand Rapids and the rest of Itasca County (e.g. Scenic Highway at County Road 8 northbound in Bovey, Great River Road at County Line northbound in Grand Rapids, State Highway 65 at U.S. Highway 2 in Swan River, Route 169 in Taconite, and 15 others). As of this update the roster shows "N/A" for that field — the agency is still listed on the roster, but no longer discloses any fixed-location detail. The BCA roster covers every ALPR vendor, not just Flock; Itasca County Sheriff's Office's ALPR vendor is unconfirmed, so this should not be read as evidence of Flock use specifically. Itasca has also recently disappeared from the outbound sharing lists published by two Flock-portal agencies (Paul Bunyan Task Force, Spring Lake Park PD), which may reflect the same underlying change.
What does this mean?
A change that does not fit the standard categories. See the update's details for specifics.
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Itasca County Sheriff's Office dropped off the state's license plate reader roster
Removed from state LPR rosterItasca County Sheriff's Office is no longer listed on the Minnesota BCA's roster of agencies that use license plate readers. Before it disappeared, its roster entry already listed no camera locations and no other devices with plate-reading capability (both "N/A"). Related earlier changes: - In September, the office's roster entry stopped naming any camera locations: /mn/itasca-county-sheriff/stopped-disclosing-fixed-alpr-locations - In late September, Paul Bunyan Task Force, Spring Lake Park PD and St. Paul PD stopped listing the office as a Flock sharing partner. The roster does not say why the agency was removed. 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 no longer appears on the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension's public list of agencies that operate automated license plate readers. This can mean the agency stopped using the technology, or simply that its reporting to the BCA lapsed or was revised. Removal from the roster does not confirm that cameras are gone or that collected data has been destroyed; under Minn. Stat. 13.824, plate reads not tied to an active investigation must be destroyed within 60 days, but an agency may still hold and share records beyond that for qualifying cases.