Removed from state LPR roster
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Isanti County Sheriff's Office dropped off the state's license plate reader roster
Removed from state LPR rosterIsanti County Sheriff's Office is no longer listed on the Minnesota BCA's roster of agencies that use license plate readers. Its entry had listed eight camera locations: - 267th Avenue Northeast at Lyons Street Northeast, Stacy - Minnesota Highway 65 at 248th Avenue Northeast, Isanti - Minnesota Highway 95 at Hornsby Street Northeast, North Branch - Minnesota Highway 95 at Jarvis Street Northwest, Princeton - Minnesota Highway 65 at 421st Avenue Northeast, Braham - Minnesota Highway 47 at 253rd Avenue Northwest, Saint Francis - Minnesota Highway 47 at 421st Avenue Northwest, Ogilvie - 261st Avenue Northwest at Jarvis Street Northwest, Zimmerman Its "other devices with plate-reading capability" field read N/A. In May, the Isanti-Chisago County Star reported that the sheriff's office was running a trial of eight Flock cameras along county roadways, at a cost of $24,000 a year if continued, and that the sheriff would not seek a formal contract from county commissioners unless results justified it. No Flock transparency portal has been found for the office. The roster does not say why the agency was removed. The separate Isanti Police Department remains listed. Sources: - Minnesota BCA, "Agencies that use License Plate Readers (LPR)": https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/bca/data-and-reports/agencies-use-lprs-lpr - Isanti-Chisago County Star, "Sheriff defends Flock camera trial program" (May 21, 2026): https://www.isanti-chisagocountystar.com/news/sheriff-defends-flock-camera-trial-program/article_f62580fb-4192-4eb8-ba83-e0cc5b1564ed.html
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. -
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. -
Crystal PD removed from the MN BCA license plate reader roster
Removed from state LPR rosterCrystal Police Department no longer appears on the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension's roster of agencies that use license plate readers (dps.mn.gov, published under Minn. Stat. 13.824). The entry was present in the 2026-09-09 snapshot and gone by 2026-09-11; the live page confirmed its absence on 2026-09-11. The removed entry had listed five fixed or stationary device locations: Bass Lake Road at 58th Avenue North; 36th Avenue North at Welcome Avenue North; West Broadway at 47th Avenue North; Nevada Avenue North at 36th Avenue North; and West Broadway at 60th Avenue North. Its "other devices with LPR capability" field read N/A. This follows Chief Brian Hubbard's September 9, 2026 letter announcing the department had ended its Flock Safety ALPR program and removed its cameras (see the separate went-inactive entry). The BCA roster is vendor-neutral and covers every ALPR vendor, so the removal indicates Crystal PD has reported to the state that it no longer operates any license plate readers.
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. -
Renville County Sheriff's Office removed from Minnesota's state license plate reader roster
Removed from state LPR rosterThe Renville County Sheriff's Office no longer appears on the BCA's published list of Minnesota agencies that report using automated license plate readers under Minn. Stat. 13.824. Its entry previously listed three fixed device locations: State Highway 71 on the Redwood/Renville County line near Morton, State Highway 212 at 570th Street in Stewart, and West Lincoln Avenue at 26th Street in Olivia. On the roster the agency sat between Red Wing PD and Richfield PD; those two entries are now adjacent. The state roster is vendor-neutral — it covers every ALPR vendor, not only Flock — and Renville County's vendor is not confirmed. Separately, on Aug. 23 the agency dropped off the outbound sharing lists of the Paul Bunyan Task Force and Spring Lake Park PD Flock portals.
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.