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South St. Paul PD started sharing with five more agencies
Started sharing with a new agencyBegan sharing with five additional agencies: Belle Plaine PD (MN), Dayton PD (MN), New Richmond PD (WI), Sherburne County Sheriff's Office (MN), and South Lake Minnetonka PD (MN).
What does this mean?
The agency added another law enforcement agency to its sharing network, letting that agency search its plate data. Minn. Stat. 13.824 allows sharing for legitimate law enforcement purposes and requires any agency that receives the data to follow the same retention and security rules, but each new partner widens who can see where local drivers have been.
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South St. Paul PD stopped sharing with Prescott PD (WI)
Stopped sharing with an agencyPrescott PD (WI) was removed from the list of organizations granted access to South St. Paul PD's Flock data ("Sharing Network Data With"). Detected 2026-07-11 against the previous portal snapshot of 2026-06-09. Camera count (9) and data retention (30 days) were unchanged. The same removal appeared on the portals of Mounds View PD, Stillwater PD, and Anoka County SO on the same day.
What does this mean?
The agency removed a sharing partner, narrowing who can search its plate data. This can follow a policy change, public pressure, or a contract decision. - Active ·
South St. Paul PD's ALPR audit reported zero findings
Independent audit publishedIndependent audit by LOGIS reported no exceptions across all seven statutory controls. 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.