County record · Minnesota

Blue Earth County

3 Deployments on record

3 Agencies

3 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 1 Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · none on record Drones / UAS · 1 Gunshot detection · none on record Body-worn & dashcam · 1 Doorbell & camera registry · none on record Cell-site simulators · none on record Predictive policing · none on record Social-media monitoring · none on record

The record, by agency

Blue Earth County Sheriff's Office

Mankato · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Blue Earth County

Drones / UAS

The Blue Earth County Sheriff's Office used a drone at least 23 times in 2023.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Minnesota Department of Public Safety Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College

Mankato Police Department

Mankato · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Mankato

ALPR Vendor: Milestone

The Mankato Police Department uses Milestone automated license plate readers.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Free Press

Mapleton Police Department

Mapleton · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Mapleton

Body-worn & dashcam

The Mapleton Police Department has four Axon body-worn cameras, according to a 2024 audit.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): City of Mapleton - Mapleton Police DepartmentLynn Lembcke Consulting

Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026