County record · Minnesota

Brown County

5 Deployments on record

3 Agencies

2 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · none on record Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · none on record Drones / UAS · 2 Gunshot detection · none on record Body-worn & dashcam · 3 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

Brown County Sheriff's Office

New Ulm · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: Brown County

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Axon

The Brown County Sheriff's Office uses Axon body-worn cameras.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Brown County Sheriff's Office, Minnesota's Facebook page Brown County Sheriff's Office

Drones / UAS

The Brown County Sheriff's Office used a drone at least once 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

New Ulm Police Department

New Ulm · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: City of New Ulm

Body-worn & dashcam

The U.S. Department of Justice awarded $30,000 to the New Ulm Police Department in 2017 as part of the Bureau of Justice Assistance's body-worn camera grant program.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): U.S Department of Justice

Drones / UAS

The New Ulm Police Department operated drones as of 2023.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Minnesota Department of Public Safety

Sleepy Eye Police Department

Sleepy Eye · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Sleepy Eye

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: WatchGuard

The Sleepy Eye Police Department uses WatchGuard Vista body-worn cameras.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Sleepy Eye Police Department City of Sleepy Eye's Facebook Page

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