Minnesota Encrypted Agencies

15 Police Departments

35 Sheriff Offices

1 Fire Departments

1 EMS Agencies

Fully Encrypted 43 agencies (66%)

Partially Encrypted 22 agencies (34%)

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29 Verified Agencies

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Agency Name	County	Type	Encryption	Scope
Air Wing Care Ambulance ✓	Crow Wing	Ems	P25 ADP	Fully Encrypted
Bureau of Criminal Apprehension	Statewide	Federal	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Becker County Sheriff's Office	Becker	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Beltrami County Interopbaility	Beltrami	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Benton County Sheriff's Office	Benton	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Tactical Only
Big Stone County Sheriff's Office ✓	Big Stone	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Tactical Only
Coon Rapids Police Department ✓	Anoka	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Columbia Heights Police Department ✓	Anoka	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Carver County Sheriff's Office	Caver	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Tactical Only
Cass County Sheriff's Office	Casss	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Chippewa County Sheriff's Office	Chippewa	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Chisago County Sheriff's Office	Chisago	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Tactical Only
Clay County Sheriff's Office ✓	Clay	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Specific Channels
Crow Wing County Sheriff's Office ✓	Crow Wing	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Tactical Only
Dakota County Sheriff's Office	Dakota	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Tactical Only
Department of Transportation	Statewide\|	Transit	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Douglas County Sheriff's Office	Douglas	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Tactical Only
Edina Police Department ✓	Hennepin	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Federal Bureau of Investigation	Statewide	Federal	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Fairbault Couty Sheriff's Office	Fairbault	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Specific Channels
Fridley Police Department ✓	Anoka	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Freeborn County Law Enforcement ✓	Freeborn	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Fergus Falls Police Department ✓	Otter Tail	Police	P25 AES-256	Dispatch Only
Grant County Sheriff's Office	Grant	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Grand Rapids Police Department ✓	Itasca	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Golden Valley Police Department ✓	Hennepin	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Hennepin County Sheriffs Office ✓	Hennepin	Sheriff	P25 DES-OFB	Fully Encrypted
Houston County Sheriff's Office ✓	Houston	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Tactical Only
Hubbard County Sheriff's Office ✓	Hubbard	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Tactical Only
Isanti County Sheriffs Office	Isanti	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Kandiyohi County Sheriffs Office	Kandiyohi	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe	Cass	Other	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Mcleod County Sheriff's Office	McLeod	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Tactical Only
Meeker County Sheriffs Office	Meeker	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Minneapolis Fire Department	Hennepin	Fire	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Minneapolis Police Department ✓	Hennepin	Police	P25 DES-OFB	Fully Encrypted
Minnatoka Police Department ✓	Hennepin	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Minnesota National Guard	Statewide	Military	P25 AES-256	Specific Channels
Minnesota Statewide Interopbaility	Statewide	Other	P25 AES-256	Tactical Only
Moorhead Police Department ✓	Clay	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Morriston County Interopability	Morrison	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
North Metro Dug Taskforce	Anoka	Transit	P25 AES-256	Tactical Only
Olmsted County Sheriffs Office	Olmsted	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Otter Tail County Sheriff's Office ✓	Otter Tail	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Paul Bunyan Drug Task Force ✓	Becker	Other	P25 AES-256	Tactical Only
Pennington County Sheriff's Office	Pennington	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Tactical Only
Plymouth Police Department ✓	Hennepin	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Pine County Sheriff’s Office ✓	Pine	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
United States Border Patrol	Statewide	Other	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
United States Fish & Wildlife Enforcement	Statewide	Other	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
United States Marshall Service	Statewide	Federal	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Ramsey County Sheriffs Office	Ramsey	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Scott County Sheriff's Office	Scott	Sheriff	P25 DES-OFB	Fully Encrypted
Rice County Sheriff's Office ✓	Rice	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Tactical Only
Scott County Sheriff's Office	Scott	Sheriff	P25 DES-OFB	Fully Encrypted
Sherburne County Sheriffs Office	Sherburne	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Sibley County Sheriff's Office	Sibley	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Tactical Only
Spring Lake Police Department ✓	Anoka	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
St. Cloud Police Department	Stearns Count	Police	P25 AES-256	Tactical Only
St. Francis Police Department ✓	Anoka	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
St. Louis Park Police Department ✓	Hennepin	Police	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Stearns County Sheriff's Office	Stearns Count	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
Washington County Sheriffs Office ✓	Washington	Sheriff	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
West Central MN Drug & Offender Task Force 7 ✓	Douglas	Other	P25 AES-256	Fully Encrypted
White Earth Reservation ✓	Mahnomen	Other	P25 AES-256	Specific Channels

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