Olmsted County Sheriff's Office
2 audits on file. Next audit expected 2026, on the two-year cycle in Minn. Stat. § 13.824, subd. 6.
Auditor type
Government consortium
Result
Compliant - no findings
Findings
None recorded
Audit depth
Checklist
Off the record
Ghost finding
Tested live system
Yes
System / vendor
BOSS
Devices / cameras
4
Retention found
60 days
Period covered
January 1, 2023 to November 15, 2024
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 — a problem the audit describes but never records. Marked compliant with zero findings, yet the narrative notes the office had not been maintaining a standard set of Log of Use reports, a Minn. Stat. 13.824 subd. 5 requirement, in the now-retired BOSS system. No formal discrepancy was recorded and MNSec offered to assist with future systems. Rated as no findings because that is what the report records; flagged as a major issue because the described gap appears to violate the statute. See FinePrint feed: The ghost findings of Minnesota's ALPR audits.
Auditor type
State oversight office
Result
Substantially compliant - exception
Findings
1 finding
Audit depth
Substantive
Findings by tier
Material
Tested live system
Yes
System / vendor
PIPS Technology
Devices / cameras
4
Retention found
60 days
Report pages
5
Conducted
August 11, 2020
Period covered
August 13, 2018 to August 13, 2020
What the audit said
One recorded exception: the Sheriff's Office ALPR policy did not fully address two statutory requirements — (1) preservation of data on written request from an individual facing criminal charges who states the data may be exculpatory evidence, and (2) destruction of data on request from a participant in the Minn. Stat. ch. 5B (Safe at Home) address-confidentiality program. Joint agreed-upon-procedures engagement covering Olmsted County SO and Rochester PD; no exception was recorded against Rochester.
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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