County record · Minnesota

Polk County

5 Deployments on record

5 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

Crookston Police Department

Crookston · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Crookston

Body-worn & dashcam

The Crookston Police Department has 12 Axon body-worn cameras, according to a 2022 audit.

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

East Grand Forks Police Department

East Grand Forks · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of East Grand Forks

Body-worn & dashcam

The East Grand Forks Police Department has eight WatchGuard body-worn cameras, according to a 2023 audit.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): City of East Grand Forks - East Grand Forks Police DepartmentLynn Lembcke Consulting City of East Grand ForksLynn Lembcke ConsultingMinn. Legislature - Legislative Commission on Data Practices

Fisher Police Department

Fisher · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Fisher

Drones / UAS

The Fisher 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

Fosston Police Department

Fosston · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Fosston

Body-worn & dashcam

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

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

Polk County Sheriff's Office

Crookston · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Polk County

Drones / UAS Vendor: DJI

The Polk County Sheriff's Office used a drone at least 12 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

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