South Saint Paul MN PD

Transparency Portal

Last Updated: Wed Dec 03 2025
Overview
South Saint Paul MN PD uses Flock Safety technology to capture objective evidence without compromising on individual privacy. South Saint Paul MN PD utilizes retroactive search to solve crimes after they've occurred. Additionally, South Saint Paul MN PD utilizes real time alerting of hotlist vehicles to capture wanted criminals. In an effort to ensure proper usage and guardrails are in place, they have made the below policies and usage statistics available to the public.
Policies
What's Detected
License Plates, Vehicles
What's Not Detected
Facial recognition, People, Gender, Race
Acceptable Use Policy
Data is used for law enforcement purposes only. Data is owned by South Saint Paul MN PD and is never sold to 3rd parties.
Prohibited Uses
Immigration enforcement, traffic enforcement, harassment or intimidation, usage based solely on a protected class (i.e. race, sex, religion), Personal use.
Access Policy
All system access requires a valid reason and is stored indefinitely.
Hotlist Policy
Hotlist hits are required to be human verified prior to action.
Usage
Data retention (in days)
30 days
Number of LPR and other cameras
9
Organizations granted access to South Saint Paul MN PD data
Aitkin County MN SO, Anoka County MN SO, Anoka MN PD, Becker County MN SO, Blaine MN PD, Champlin MN PD, Columbia Heights MN PD, Coon Rapids MN PD, Corcoran MN PD, Cottage Grove Public Safety Dept (MN), Crow Wing County MN SO, Crystal MN PD, Dakota County MN SO, Eagan MN PD, Elk River MN PD, Fridley MN PD, Grand Rapids MN PD, Hopkins MN PD, Hudson WI PD, Itasca County MN SO, Lake City MN PD, Lakes Area MN PD, Maplewood MN PD, Mounds View MN PD, New Brighton Dept of Pub Safety (MN), New Hope MN PD, Orono MN PD, Paul Bunyan Task Force MN, Pine County MN SO, Plainview MN PD, Plymouth MN PD, Prescott WI PD, Prior Lake MN PD, Ramsey County MN SO, River Falls WI PD, Roseville MN PD, St Paul MN PD, St. Louis Park MN PD, Stillwater MN PD, University of Minnesota MN PD (Twin Cities), West Hennepin MN Public Safety Department, West Saint Paul MN PD, Woodbury MN DPS, Wyoming MN PD
Hotlists Alerted On
NCMEC Amber Alert, MN BCA
Unique vehicles detected in the last 30 days
131,735
Hotlist hits in the last 30 days
8,920
Searches in the last 30 days
113