Grand Rapids Police Department
1 audit on file. Next audit expected 2027, on the two-year cycle in Minn. Stat. § 13.824, subd. 6.
Auditor
Auditor type
Unconfirmed
Result
Not recorded
Findings
None recorded
Audit depth
Substantive
Off the record
Ghost finding
Tested live system
Yes
Retention found
30 days
Conducted
August 14, 2025
Ghost finding
A problem the audit describes in its own narrative but never records as a finding. Found it, then left it off the record.
What the audit said
GHOST FINDING — Rampart audited Grand Rapids PD's Axon Fleet ALPR program (16 mobile units, no stationary cameras). A random sample of ALPR data access showed no unauthorized data elements, and no retained data past the 30-day deletion setting. But the report's own narrative says that at the time of the audit, GRPD was 'not proactively generating a public log of use,' though it had the underlying data to produce one on request. Minn. Stat. § 13.824 Subd. 5(a) requires the agency to maintain that public log, not just be able to produce it if asked. That gap was described but never recorded as a finding or exception; the audit still concluded GRPD was substantially compliant. Rampart also noted that only three senior officers can audit or export ALPR data, and recommended GRPD start periodic internal access reviews, since none were happening yet.
Recorded findings appear in green because a finding is evidence the auditor actually examined the program. A report with nothing at all appears in red.
Every agency operating an ALPR in Minnesota must arrange an independent audit every two years under Minn. Stat. § 13.824, subd. 6.
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