Rochester Police Department

What the audit said

Zero exceptions. Seven controls tested, "No exceptions found" against each; the conclusion reads "It demonstrates that the security, public accountability and administration of the RPD ALPR program is in compliance with MN Statute §13.824." Evidence cited is policy documentation (RPD Policy 427), staff interviews, and system screenshots showing the 60-day retention setting and the "Reason for Action" requirement. No recommendations, no observations, no mid-audit corrections, no ghost-finding language.

What the audit said

Zero exceptions. Seven control areas tested, "No exceptions found" against each; the report concludes that "the security, public accountability and administration of the RPD ALPR program" is "in compliance with MN Statute §13.824." BOSS ALPR system; 60-day retention evidenced by a system-settings screenshot. No recommendations, no observations, no mid-audit corrections, no ghost-finding language.

What the audit said

No exception recorded against Rochester PD. This is a joint agreed-upon-procedures engagement by the Minnesota Office of the State Auditor covering Olmsted County SO and Rochester PD together under Minn. Stat. §§ 13.824 and 626.8472; the single exception in the report is against Olmsted County's policy, not Rochester's (see the companion Olmsted row for the same doc number). The report notes Rochester PD's summarized public log "only contains data from the previous 60 days" — recorded here as an observation, not scored as a ghost finding, because a 60-day log window tracks the statutory destruction schedule rather than describing a deficiency. Worth a human read of the raw PDF before treating it either way.

Note on this record

The Office of the State Auditor extracted data and reviewed audit trails directly on August 11 and 13, 2020, rather than working from screen prints. The engagement's one exception was recorded against Olmsted County's policy, not Rochester's. Rochester was running PIPS Technology mobile units at the time.

What the audit said

Zero exceptions. The report runs 25 control objectives and records "No exception Noted" against every one, concluding that "the Rochester Police Department's Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) program reasonably complies with the 2017 Minnesota Statute 13.824." 60-day retention: "Data obtained from the license plate readers systems are destroyed within 60 days, unless part of a criminal investigation." No recommendations, no mid-audit corrections, no ghost-finding language.

Note on this record

Fieldwork was February 9, 2018. The report states no audit period, vendor, or device count; the 2020 State Auditor report shows Rochester running 10 PIPS Technology mobile units two years later.