Board approves joint powers agreement for BCA records access; staff say BCA cautious on AI

Jul 1, 2025

Ramsey County commissioners approved a joint powers agreement to allow county access to Bureau of Criminal Apprehension records for routine records checks; staff told the board the BCA has moved cautiously on adopting artificial intelligence tools and the county's role is primarily to pull, not upload, criminal-justice information.

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The Ramsey County Board of Commissioners on July 1 approved a joint powers agreement (JPA) that lets county units access records held by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) to support criminal records checks used by the county's emergency communications center and other teams.

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