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Anoka County Sheriff's Office stopped sharing with Middleton WI PD
Stopped sharing with an agencyMiddleton WI PD was removed from the list of organizations granted access to Anoka County Sheriff's Office data. The same removal appeared on the Alexandria PD and Stillwater PD portals in the same 24-hour window, and Middleton WI PD also dropped off Medina PD's inbound list, which suggests Middleton left the Flock network rather than each Minnesota agency ending the relationship separately.
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. -
Alexandria PD stopped sharing with Middleton WI PD
Stopped sharing with an agencyMiddleton WI PD was removed from the list of organizations granted access to Alexandria PD data. The same removal appeared on the Anoka County Sheriff's Office and Stillwater PD portals in the same 24-hour window, and Middleton WI PD also dropped off Medina PD's inbound list.
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. -
Medina PD lost inbound data access from three out-of-state agencies
Stopped sharing with an agencyThree agencies were removed from the list of organizations sharing their data with Medina PD: Fargo ND PD, Kewaskum WI PD, and Middleton WI PD. Middleton WI PD was also removed the same day from the outbound sharing lists of Anoka County Sheriff's Office, Alexandria PD, and Stillwater PD.
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. -
Stillwater PD stopped sharing with Middleton WI PD
Stopped sharing with an agencyMiddleton WI PD was removed from the list of organizations granted access to Stillwater PD data. The same removal appeared on the Anoka County Sheriff's Office and Alexandria PD portals in the same 24-hour window, and Middleton WI PD also dropped off Medina PD's inbound list.
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. -
Anoka County Sheriff's Office started sharing with Brooklyn Center PD
Started sharing with a new agencyBrooklyn Center MN PD was added to the list of organizations granted access to Anoka County Sheriff's Office ALPR data. It was the only change in the snapshot — camera count (13), 30-day retention, hotlist sources (NCMEC Amber Alert, MN BCA) and all policy text were unchanged.
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. -
Paul Bunyan Task Force started sharing with Crystal PD
Started sharing with a new agencyCrystal MN PD was added to the list of organizations granted access to Paul Bunyan Task Force MN data, bringing the task force's sharing network from 67 to 68 organizations. Every other field on the portal was unchanged: 22 cameras, 30-day retention, the same hotlist sources (NCMEC Amber Alert, MN BCA), and the same policy text. Two partners on the list remain flagged inactive (Brooklyn Park MN PD and Columbia Heights MN PD).
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. -
Brooklyn Center PD stopped sharing with West St. Paul PD
Stopped sharing with an agencyWest Saint Paul MN PD was removed from Brooklyn Center PD's "Sharing Network Data With" list, ending West St. Paul's access to Brooklyn Center camera data.
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. -
Brooklyn Center PD gained access to data from four more Minnesota agencies
New agency gained accessBrooklyn Center MN PD was added to the "Sharing Network Data With" list (organizations granted access to that agency's data) on four Minnesota transparency portals within about 24 hours: Anoka PD, Blaine PD, Medina PD, and West Hennepin Public Safety Department. Each of those agencies now grants Brooklyn Center access to its camera data. Logged as one event, observed across four portals.
What does this mean?
Another agency was granted the ability to search this agency's data, or this agency was added to a partner's network and can now search another jurisdiction's plate reads. Inbound access expands what a department can surveil beyond its own borders. Under Minn. Stat. 13.824, an agency that receives shared data must apply the same classification and destruction rules. -
Medina PD lost inbound data access from Minnetonka PD
Stopped sharing with an agencyMinnetonka MN PD was removed from the "Receiving Network Data From" list on Medina PD's transparency portal, ending the flow of Minnetonka camera data into Medina. Medina PD still appears to grant Minnetonka access to its own data, so the change is one-directional.
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. -
Paul Bunyan Task Force stopped sharing with Roseville PD
Stopped sharing with an agencyRoseville MN PD was removed from the list of organizations granted access to Paul Bunyan Task Force data, taking the task force's sharing network from 68 organizations to 67. Every other entry on the list was unchanged, including the two partners already flagged inactive (Brooklyn Park MN PD and Columbia Heights MN PD). Roseville is not itself shutting down its program: it still appears on Mounds View PD's sharing list on the same day, so this is a revoked sharing relationship rather than an agency going inactive.
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. -
Alexandria PD stopped sharing with Elmhurst IL PD and Macon County NC SO
Stopped sharing with an agencyTwo out-of-state agencies were removed from Alexandria PD's sharing list: Elmhurst PD (IL) and Macon County Sheriff's Office (NC). This continues a run of out-of-state partners coming off the Alexandria list through July.
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. -
Anoka County Sheriff's Office started sharing with the Missouri Department of Conservation
Started sharing with a new agencyThe Missouri Department of Conservation was added to the agencies the Anoka County Sheriff's Office shares its Flock data with — a state wildlife/conservation agency roughly 500 miles away, not a Minnesota law enforcement partner.
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. -
Anoka County Sheriff's Office stopped sharing with Elmhurst IL PD
Stopped sharing with an agencyElmhurst PD (IL) was removed from the agencies the Anoka County Sheriff's Office shares its Flock data with. Elmhurst was dropped from three Minnesota portals the same day (Anoka County SO, Alexandria PD, Stillwater PD).
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. -
Blaine PD moved its ALPR policy off the city website
Usage/access policy changedThe "Full ALPR Policy" link on Blaine PD's transparency portal changed from the city's own site (blainemn.gov/ALPR) to a third-party policy-hosting platform (blai-pd-mn.magnusone.tech). The policy text published on the portal itself was unchanged; only the link to the full policy moved.
What does this mean?
The agency changed the written rules for how its cameras and data may be used, including who can run a search, what justification is required, and how access is logged. Minn. Stat. 13.824 limits ALPR use to legitimate law enforcement purposes and requires a recorded audit trail of every query, so policy edits can widen or narrow surveillance even when the cameras stay the same. -
Blaine PD stopped sharing with Mille Lacs County Sheriff's Office
Stopped sharing with an agencyThe Mille Lacs County Sheriff's Office (MN) was removed from Blaine PD's sharing list. Mille Lacs County came off three Minnesota portals the same day (Blaine PD, Mounds View PD, Plymouth PD).
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. -
Brooklyn Center PD stopped sharing with Wyoming MN PD
Stopped sharing with an agencyWyoming PD (Wyoming, Minnesota) was removed from Brooklyn Center PD's sharing list.
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. -
Medina PD lost inbound data access from Woodbury (MN)
Stopped sharing with an agencyWoodbury (MN) was removed from the list of organizations sharing Flock data with Medina PD, so Medina no longer receives Woodbury's detections.
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. -
Mounds View PD stopped sharing with four more agencies
Stopped sharing with an agencyFour agencies were removed from Mounds View PD's sharing list: Crow Wing County Sheriff's Office (MN), Mille Lacs County Sheriff's Office (MN), Springfield PD (MO), and West Des Moines PD (IA). Two of the four were out of state.
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. -
Plymouth PD stopped sharing with four more agencies
Stopped sharing with an agencyFour agencies were removed from Plymouth PD's sharing list: Mille Lacs County Sheriff's Office (MN), Sherburne County Sheriff's Office (MN), and two departments already flagged inactive on the portal, Brooklyn Park PD (MN) and Columbia Heights PD (MN). The two inactive entries look like cleanup of departments that have already dropped Flock.
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. -
Stillwater PD stopped sharing with five more agencies, including two HIDTA task forces
Stopped sharing with an agencyFive agencies were removed from Stillwater PD's sharing list: HIDTA Indiana, Midwest HIDTA, Elmhurst PD (IL), Macon County Sheriff's Office (NC), and Mohave County Sheriff's Office (AZ). HIDTA (High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area) task forces are federally funded multi-agency programs, so these two removals cut Stillwater's data off from federal drug-task-force channels.
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.