County record · Minnesota

Steele County

2 Deployments on record

1 Agencies

2 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 · 1 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

Owatonna Police Department

Owatonna · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Owatonna

Body-worn & dashcam

The Owatonna Police Department has 29 body-worn cameras, according to a 2024 audit.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): City of Owatonna - Owatonna Police DepartmentLynn Lembcke ConsultingMinn. Legislature - Legislative Commission on Data Practices City of Owatonna - Owatonna Police DepartmentLynn Lembcke ConsultingMinn. Legislature - Legislative Commission on Data Practices

Drones / UAS Vendor: DJI

The Owatonna Police Department used a drone at least 11 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