County record · Minnesota

Itasca County

6 Deployments on record

5 Agencies

3 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 1 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

Grand Rapids Police Department

Grand Rapids · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Grand Rapids

Body-worn & dashcam

The Grand Rapids Police Department has 21 Axon body-worn cameras, according to a 2024 audit.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): City of Grand Rapids - Grand Rapids Police DepartmentRampart Audit LLC

Drones / UAS

The Grand Rapids Police Department has an unmanned aerial vehicle program, according to a 2021 report from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.

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

Coleraine Police Department

Coleraine · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Coleraine

Body-worn & dashcam

Coleraine Police Department received $6,000 to purchase three body-worn cameras through the Small, Rural and Tribal Body-Worn Camera program in 2024.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): SRT BWC Program

Itasca County Sheriff

Grand Rapids · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Itasca County

Drones / UAS

The Itasca County Sheriff operated drones as of 2023.

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

Nashwauk Police Department

Nashwauk · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Nashwauk

Body-worn & dashcam

The Nashwauk Police Department has four Axon body-worn cameras, according to a 2023 audit.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): City of Nashwauk - Nashwauk Police DepartmentRampart Audit LLC

Spring Lake Police Department

Spring Lake · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Spring Lake Township

ALPR

The Spring Lake Police Department operates two automated license plate readers.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): State of Minnesota

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