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3 ALPR audits across 2 agencies. Of the 3 we have read in full, 2 recorded zero findings (67%). Individual findings break down as 1 material. Depth: substantive, checklist.
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Audits by this auditor
25 controls tested (17 statutory + 8 department-requested additional procedures); 16 of the 17 statutory controls record 'No exception Noted.' Control 17 (access authorization) records a 'Process Improvement Noted': all 350 users' access was appropriate in substance, but 19 of 350 (5.4%) lacked documented written approval -- approvals had been kept only in email, and the email retention setting deleted records older than 180 days, with no external archive. Report recommends process improvements (no specific text given). Retention 60 days (Controls 6, 10); fixed cameras not in use.
Read the audit (LRL 210896) →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.
Read the audit (LRL 191267) →No findings. The report enumerates 25 separate controls and records "No exception Noted" against every one, concluding the program "reasonably complies with the 2017 Minnesota Statute 13.824." Controls 7 and 8 record that no data-preservation or data-destruction requests had been received as of the review date; Controls 22-24 record that fixed cameras were not in use. Retention 60 days (Controls 6 and 10). No ghost-finding language: the only qualifying statement is the boilerplate caveat about "the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions."
Read the audit (LRL 191269) →These figures describe what the filed reports contain. They are not an allegation that any audit was improper or that any agency is out of compliance with Minn. Stat. § 13.824. If you believe a record here is wrong, tell us and we will correct it.
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