County record · Minnesota
Lake County
1
Deployments on record
1
Agencies
1
Technology categories
Technology presence
ALPR · none on record
Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record
Face recognition · none on record
Drones / UAS · 1
Gunshot detection · none on record
Body-worn & dashcam · none on record
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
Lake County Sheriff's Office
Drones / UAS
The Lake County Sheriff's Office spent $2500 on its unmanned aerial vehicle program in 2023 and flew a drone three times without a warrant that year.
Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Minnesota Department of Public SafetyMinnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension
Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026