Stillwater Surveillance Accountability
Public-records guide · November 2026 review
STILLWATER, MINNESOTA · PUBLIC RECORDS
Audit logs
The project reviewed Stillwater’s organization and network exports labeled January 2025 through September 2026. The organization export describes queries by Stillwater personnel. The network export records searches that included an agency camera in the search scope.
THE THREAD TO FOLLOW
Organization and network exports measure different kinds of activity.
A blank Case # field does not by itself show an unauthorized search.
A network entry does not prove a Stillwater image was returned or viewed.
What the organization export shows
2,895 distinct query IDs.
1,778 (61.4%) with an empty Case # field.
July to September 2026. July had 9 blanks in 142 records. August and September had zero blanks, and three August values were all zeros.
A blank field can coexist with a case reference elsewhere. Field completion alone cannot determine whether a query had proper authorization or met legal requirements.
What the network export shows
The reviewed files contain 7,187,738 distinct search IDs. July 2026 includes 394,719 entries whose organization labels identify another state. MNSec’s September 6 summary reports that it saw no out-of-state sharing in the Shared Network console at the time of the audit. Historical settings, National Lookup and direct sharing each require their own records. A search entry alone cannot establish that someone received or viewed a Stillwater image.
What would answer the remaining questions?
Historical settings, approvals and change dates for direct sharing and National Lookup.
Returned-image records tied to selected search IDs.
Audit sample criteria, workpapers and case-field validation history.
Export filters, coverage dates and a redaction legend.
Keep following the record
Return to the full source register for documents and dates, or continue to the original dashboard for its interactive views. A missing record is a question to pursue—not evidence of an answer.
Stillwater Surveillance Accountability · Based on records reviewed in 2026. Check the cited document and date before treating a finding as current.