STATE PROFILE: Minnesota

# Minnesota — LexisNexis / PSDEX State Profile

*Last updated: May 2026*

## The Short Version

Minnesota became a sanctuary state in May 2025, one of the clearest legislative commitments to limiting immigration enforcement cooperation in the country. Yet the Maplewood Police Department — in Ramsey County, one of Minnesota’s most protective counties — signed a full PSDEX data contribution agreement just four months earlier. And the mechanism by which LexisNexis reached into over 200 Minnesota agencies — bundling its crime map into the dominant regional records software — is unlike anything found in other states.

## The Sanctuary Law

The Minnesota Sanctuary Law, signed May 2025, prohibits state and local law enforcement from arresting, detaining, or investigating people solely for civil immigration violations. Ramsey County, where Maplewood sits, complied with fewer than 10% of ICE detainer requests before the law passed. Minneapolis and St. Paul have had local sanctuary policies for years.

## The PSDEX Bypass

Maplewood Police Department signed a full AVCC XML Addendum on January 3, 2025 — four months before the sanctuary law took effect. The contract grants LexisNexis a ‘paid up, irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive license’ to distribute Maplewood’s police data to PSDEX customers. Maplewood’s city manager opted out of a de-identified public crime map feed — but that opt-out applies only to the public-facing crime map. The core PSDEX contribution, accessible to law enforcement subscribers including federal agencies, was not opted out of.

The irrevocable license clause means Maplewood cannot retroactively exit the PSDEX contribution relationship, even if the city later decides it conflicts with the state’s sanctuary commitments.

## The LETG Bundling Pattern

LexisNexis reached a much larger number of Minnesota agencies through a different mechanism. Law Enforcement Technology Group (LETG), which supplied records management software to over 200 Minnesota agencies, had a partnership with LexisNexis that bundled Community Crime Map into its software as a free feature. Agencies using LETG’s RMS automatically fed crime incident data to LexisNexis — without a separate contract decision or council vote.

Confirmed LETG-pattern agencies include Roseville PD (which explicitly states CCM is provided ‘through a partnership between LETG and LexisNexis’), Eden Prairie PD (which notes that crime alerts are ‘produced by LexisNexis, not EPPD’), and Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office (which feeds CCM data to seven contract cities it polices). LETG was acquired by Zuercher Technologies in 2015, but the LexisNexis arrangement persisted for legacy clients.

Whether the LETG-pattern agencies also have PSDEX data contribution agreements — requiring a separate AVCC addendum — is unknown. The CCM bundling is a data feed to LexisNexis; PSDEX contribution requires an additional step.

## FOIA Targets

- Minnesota Data Practices Act (Minn. Stat. § 13.03), 10 business days - Maplewood PD — AVCC addendum already obtained - LexisNexis account manager for MN LETG agencies — identify via FOIA to any LETG agency for LN contract documents - Minnesota DOC — any AVCC or Accurint contract