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St. Louis County Sheriff's Office cut its disclosed license plate reader locations from ten to four
Camera locations removedSt. Louis County Sheriff's Office's entry on the Minnesota BCA license plate reader roster now lists four camera locations, down from ten. No longer listed: - Midway Road northbound at Seville Road - Lavaque Road southbound at Martin Road - Rice Lake Road northbound at Martin Road - County Road 21 southbound at Wahlsten Road - U.S. Highway 53 southbound at Minnesota Trunk Highway 194 - "U.S. Highway 5 southbound at Hobson Lake Road" (as written by the BCA) Still listed: - County Road 7 northbound at County Road 101 - County Road 4 northbound at County Road 16 - County Road 7 southbound at County Road 133 - County Road 77 northbound at Lost Lake Road The roster does not say whether the six cameras were taken down or moved, or whether the listing was only edited. 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.