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<br /> <br />INDEPENDENT AUDIT REPORT <br /> <br />John Swenson <br />Public Safety Director <br />Lino Lakes Police Department <br />640 Town Center Pkwy. <br />Lino Lakes, MN 55014 <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Swenson: <br /> <br />An independent audit of the Lino Lakes Police Department’s Portable Recording System (body- <br />worn cameras (BWCs)) was conducted of May 28, 2020. The objective of the audit was to <br />verify Lino Lakes Police Department’s compliance with Minnesota Statutes §§13.825 and <br />626.8473. <br />Data elements the audit includes: <br />Minnesota Statute §13.825 <br />• Data Classification <br />• Retention of Data <br />• Access by Data Subjects <br />• Inventory of Portable Recording System Technology <br />• Use of Agency-Issued Portable Recording Systems <br />• Authorization to Access Data <br />• Sharing Among Agencies <br /> <br />Minnesota Statute §626.8473 <br />• Public Comment <br />• Body-worn Camera Policy <br /> <br />The Lino Lakes Police Department is located in Anoka County, Minnesota and employs twenty- <br />seven (27) peace officers. The Lino Lakes Police Department utilizes Panasonic Arbitrator <br />body-worn cameras and software and stores the BWC data on a local file server hosted of Metro- <br />Inet. <br /> <br /> <br />Audit Requirement: Data Classification <br /> <br />Determine that the data collected by BWCs are appropriately classified. <br /> <br />BWC data is presumptively private. All data collected during the time period March 18, 2018, <br />through May 27, 2020, is classified as private or non-public data. The Lino Lakes Police <br />Department had no instances of the discharge of a firearm by a peace officer, use of force that <br />resulted in substantial bodily harm, requests from data subjects for the data to be made accessible <br />to the public, or court orders directing the agency to release the BWC data to the public. <br /> <br />No discrepancies noted.