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RESTRICTIONS, NOTIFICATIONS, AND AUDITS The Ramsey Police Department will observe the following guidelines regarding ALPR use (Minn. Stat. § 13.824): • Data collected by an ALPR will be limited to: o License plate numbers. o Date, time, and location of data captured. o Pictures of license plates, vehicles, and areas surrounding the vehicle captured. • ALPR data may only be matched with the Minnesota license plate data file, unless additional sources are needed for an active criminal investigation. • ALPRs shall not be used to monitor or track an individual unless done so under a search warrant or because of exigent circumstances. • The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) shall be notified within 10 days of any installation or use and of any fixed location of an ALPR. 413.04 DATA COLLECTION AND RETENTION The Chief of Police, or his designee, is responsible for ensuring systems and processes are in place for the proper collection and retention of ALPR data. Data will be transferred from vehicles to the designated storage space in accordance with department procedures. ALPR data received from another agency shall be maintained securely and released in the same manner as ALPR data collected by this department (Minn. Stat. § 13.824). ALPR data not related to an active criminal investigation must be destroyed no later than 60 days from the date of collection with the following exceptions (Minn. Stat. § 13.824): • Exculpatory evidence: Data must be retained until a criminal matter is resolved if a written request is made from a person who is the subject of a criminal investigation asserting that ALPR data may be used as exculpatory evidence. • Address Confidentiality Program: Data related to a participant of the Address Confidentiality Program must be destroyed upon the written request of the participant. ALPR data already collected at the time of the request shall be destroyed and future related ALPR data must be destroyed at the time of collection. Destruction can be deferred if it relates to an active criminal investigation. All other ALPR data should be retained un accordance with the established records retention schedule. If the ALPR enabled camera is through vendor software, the data retention schedule is set by the vendor and verified to be in compliance with State Statute. LOG OF USE A public log of ALPR use will be maintained that includes (Minn. Stat. § 13.824): • Specific times of day that the ALPR collected data. Policy 413 Page 2 of 4