Hennepin County sheriff drops undercover classification for some task force deputies

The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office has stopped classifying deputies as “undercover” to shield their body camera footage from the public, following a campaign by public defenders for more than a year and rebukes from at least three judges. As the Reformer first reported earlier this year, the Sheriff’s Office has since around 2022 restricted the [

By: Max Nesterak

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: October 2, 2026

Words: 789

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 2 days ago

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The Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office has stopped classifying deputies as “undercover” to shield their body camera footage from the public, following a campaign by public defenders for more than a year and rebukes from at least three judges.

As the Reformer first reported earlier this year, the Sheriff’s Office has since around 2022 restricted the release of body camera footage of members of its Violent Offender Task Force by calling them undercover, even when …

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