WatchWatch · United States · Minnesota · St. Louis

County record · Minnesota

St. Louis County

8 Deployments on record
5 Agencies
3 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 3 Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · none on record Drones / UAS · 1 Gunshot detection · none on record Body-worn & dashcam · 4 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

Duluth Police Department

Duluth · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Duluth

ALPR

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

Body-worn & dashcam

The Duluth Police Department has 173 Axon body-worn cameras, according to a 2024 audit.

Hermantown Police Department

Hermantown · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Hermantown

ALPR

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

Body-worn & dashcam

The Hermantown Police Department has 16 Axon body-worn cameras, according to a 2024 audit.

Saint Louis County Sheriff's Office

Duluth · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: St. Louis County

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The St Louis County Sheriff's Office has 10 Flock Safety automated license plate readers and other cameras as of July 2025.

Drones / UAS

The Saint Louis County Sheriff's Office spent $6,642.83 on its unmanned aerial vehicle program in 2023 and flew a drone 17 times without a warrant that year.

St. Louis County Sheriff's Office

Duluth · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: St. Louis County

Body-worn & dashcam

The St. Louis County Sheriff's Office uses body-worn cameras, according to a 2023 audit.

Virginia Police Department

Virginia · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Virginia

Body-worn & dashcam

The Virginia Police Department has 24 WatchGuard body-worn cameras, according to a 2022 audit.

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