ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) has released the 2022 No-Knock Search Warrant Report. Minnesota statute § 626.14, subdivision 4, requires local law enforcement agencies report information about no-knock warrants to the Department of Public Safety (DPS) and for the department to compile the data into an annual report. The 2022 report is the first report containing a full year of data.

Warrant type	2022	2021 *
Warrants requested	185	132
Warrants issued	179	129
Warrants denied	6	3
Warrants executed	158	105
Warrants where the sought evidence was located	148	87

*​ The 2021 report contains data from Sept. 1 (the date the statute requiring reporting went into effect) through Dec. 31.

No-knock search warrants

State statute requires all law enforcement agencies that apply for a no-knock search warrant to report the following data within three months of the warrant application:

• The number of no-knock search warrants requested.
• The number of no-knock search warrants the court issued.
• The number of no-knock search warrants executed.
• The number of injuries and fatalities suffered, if any, by peace officers and civilians in execution of no-knock search warrants.
• Any other information the DPS commissioner requests.

Some no-knock warrants are for activities that take place on a property outside of the premises such as installing a mobile tracking device, collecting an ion swab, or a K-9 sniff.

The BCA does not hold data on whether cases related to warrants are open or closed, whether warrants are sealed, nor the undercover status of officers associated with executing the warrants. Information contained in the No-Knock Warrant Annual Report is provided with as much specificity as possible while assuming the possibility that at least one of these conditions exist.

The complete 2022 No-Knock Search Warrant Annual Report can be viewed on the BCA's no-knock reports webpage.

About the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension

The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) provides investigative and specialized law enforcement services to prevent and solve crimes in partnership with law enforcement, public safety and criminal justice agencies. Services include criminal justice training, forensic laboratory analysis, criminal histories and investigations.

About the Minnesota Department of Public Safety

DPS comprises 10 divisions where 2,100 employees operate programs in the areas of law enforcement, crime victim assistance, traffic safety, alcohol and gambling, emergency communications, fire safety, pipeline safety, driver licensing, vehicle registration and emergency management. DPS activity is anchored by three core principles: education, enforcement and prevention.