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Resident warns New Prague auditor check for ALPRs is a paperwork review, not misuse detection
Summary
At a public hearing on police drones and an independent ALPR audit, resident Brian Paulson said Minnesota's biannual ALPR audit is a records-retention checklist that does not detect misuse; police clarified the city's retention policy is 30 days (statute allows up to 60) and that case-related data can be kept longer.
Brian Paulson told the New Prague City Council that the state-mandated biannual audit for automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) focuses on paperwork and retention rules, not on detecting patterns of misuse.
"The audit is a simple compliance check," Paulson said during public comment, adding that the checklist reviews recordkeeping — dates, times, retention and a public log — but does not require auditors…
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