Orono Police Department
1 audit on file. Next audit expected 2027, 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
Flock Safety
Devices / cameras
3
Retention found
30 days
Report pages
5
Period covered
August 1, 2023 to July 31, 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 — The report records zero findings, yet its own narrative recommends that Orono "develop a standalone breach policy," noting that breach procedures currently exist only as a reference inside the department's ALPR policy (Policy 3059.0) rather than as a standalone document. A missing or partial breach-notification policy scores as Material under FinePrint's calibration; MNSec described the gap, recommended a fix, and still returned a clean sheet. Everything else was reported compliant: 30-day Flock retention (statutory max 60), role-based access with regular administrative review, ALPR data classified as private, inter-agency sharing requests tracked by agency/requesting party/case number, monthly compliance reports available on records request, BCA notification confirmed, and a commitment to biennial independent audits. Three stationary/flex Flock devices, no squad-mounted units. See "The ghost findings of Minnesota's ALPR audits."
FinePrint notes
QA 2026-09-03 (weekly rotation). Verified LRL doc 251707 resolves and names Orono Police Department on its face. Auditor: Dimitrios Hilton, Senior Auditor, Minnesota Security Consortium. Report dated 2025-10-29; the report states no separate fieldwork/testing date, so Audit Conducted Date is deliberately left empty rather than filled with the signature date. Report Pages set to 5 (no appendices). Ghost finding recorded for the standalone-breach-policy recommendation issued alongside zero recorded findings — precedent: Olmsted County SO (log-of-use gap), Oakdale PD ("as a result of this audit"), Grand Rapids PD (public log). Number of Findings and Findings Noted intentionally unchanged, per the ghost-finding rule. Tested Live System left checked but UNVERIFIED: the report references auditing "the administrative control panel" and a "robust audit trail" without stating whether access was live or via screen prints — worth re-checking against the raw PDF if this auditor's live-testing record ever becomes load-bearing.
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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