St. Cloud MN PD

Transparency Portal

Last Updated: Thu Dec 04 2025
Overview
St. Cloud MN PD uses Flock Safety technology to capture objective evidence without compromising on individual privacy. St. Cloud MN PD utilizes retroactive search to solve crimes after they've occurred. Additionally, St. Cloud 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 St. Cloud MN PD and is never sold to 3rd parties.
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.
Camera Locations
#01 University Dr S @ 9th Ave S - EB #02 9th Ave S @ University Dr. - NB #03 University Dr S @ 9th Ave - WB #04 9th Ave S @ University Dr. - SB #05 5th Ave S @ 1st St S - SB
Usage
Data retention (in days)
30 days
Number of LPR and other cameras
5
Organizations granted access to St. Cloud MN PD data
Vehicles detected in the last 30 days
88,482
Hotlist hits in the last 30 days
5,659
Hotlists Alerted On
NCMEC Amber Alert, MN BCA
Searches in the last 30 days
17