White Bear Lake Police Department
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White Bear Lake PD's ALPR audit reported zero findings as its camera program ended
Independent audit publishedIndependent audit by the Minnesota Security Consortium (MNSec), released as a closeout review, reported no findings across all statutory controls for White Bear Lake PD's automated license plate reader program. Program history: - Vendor: Motorola embedded ALPR, not Flock Safety -- no Flock transparency portal was ever published for this agency. - 7 mobile units on squad cars; no stationary cameras. - Operated October 26, 2024 to July 29, 2026, then shut down. - 60-day data retention, per the control panel setting reviewed in the audit. - The department asked the state BCA to remove its listing from the public LPR roster after the shutdown. As of this writing, the BCA roster still lists White Bear Lake PD. 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. Source: Minnesota Legislative Reference Library, mandated report 261763.
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.