County record · Minnesota

Wadena County

3 Deployments on record

2 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 · 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

Wadena Police Department

Wadena · 2 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Wadena

Body-worn & dashcam

The Wadena Police Department has 15 WatchGuard body-worn cameras and one Motorola BWC, according to a 2024 audit.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): City of Wadena - Wadena Police DepartmentRampart Audit LLC City of Wadena - Wadena Police DepartmentMinn. Legislature - Legislative Commission on Data PracticesRampart Audit LLC

Drones / UAS

The Wadena Police Department operated drones as of 2023.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Minnesota Department of Public Safety

Wadena County Sheriff's Office

Wadena · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: Wadena County

Drones / UAS Vendor: DJI

The Wadena County Sheriff's Office spent over $4,540 on drones 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