County record · Minnesota

Carlton County

4 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 · 2 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

Carlton County Sheriff's Office

Carlton · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: Carlton County

Body-worn & dashcam

The Carlton County Sheriff's Office has 27 WatchGuard body-worn cameras, according to a 2023 audit.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Carlton County - Carlton County Sheriff's OfficeRampart Audit LLC

Drones / UAS

The Carlton County Sheriff's Office spent $7067 on its unmanned aerial vehicle program in 2023 and flew a drone 31 times without a warrant that year.

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

Cloquet Police Department

Cloquet · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Cloquet

Body-worn & dashcam

The Cloquet Police Department received $38,209 from the Bureau of Justice Assistance to purchase 24 body-worn cameras through the 2022 Small, Rural, Tribal BWC Microgrant program.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Small, Rural, and Tribal Body-Worn Camera microgrant grantee list

Fond Du Lac Tribal Police Department

Cloquet · 1 deployment

Drones / UAS

The Fond Du Lac Tribal Police Department operates a drone program, according to its policy manual.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Fond Du Lac Law Enforcement Operations Manuel

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