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Sherburne County

8 Deployments on record
5 Agencies
4 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 1 Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · 1 Drones / UAS · 3 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

Sherburne County Sheriff's Office

Elk River · 3 deployments · on UnGovr: Sherburne County

Body-worn & dashcam

The Sherburne County Sheriff's Office has 272 Motorola body-worn cameras, according to a 2024 audit.

Drones / UAS

The Sherburne County Sheriff's Office spent $12,345 on its unmanned aerial vehicle program in 2023 and flew a drone 44 times without a warrant that year.

Face recognition Vendor: Clearview AI

Sherburne County paid $5,495 to Clearview AI in 2022.

Big Lake Police Department

Big Lake · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Big Lake

Body-worn & dashcam

The Big Lake Police Department uses Axon body-worn cameras, according to a 2019 audit.

Drones / UAS Vendor: DJI

The Big Lake Police Department used a drone at least 24 times in 2023.

Becker Police Department

Becker · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Becker

Body-worn & dashcam

The Becker Police Department has 10 Axon body-worn cameras, according to a 2019 audit.

Elk River Police Department

Elk River · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Elk River

Drones / UAS

The Elk River Police Department operated drones as of 2023.

Princeton Police Department

Princeton · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Princeton

ALPR

The ​Princeton Police Department disclosed to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension that it uses automated license plate readers.

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