The Alaska Department of Public Safety plans to test body cameras in some communities this spring. Meanwhile, APD has no set date for putting the devices into action despite growing public pressure to do so.
Police have collected $3 million in taxes, which has been used to upgrade the dispatch and record management systems. Those upgrades were critical and had to be done before body cameras were implemented because the old systems were failing, APD spokeswoman Renee Oistad said. The projects, however, are not dependent on one another for completion.
Police have spent more than $700,000 so far on those upgrades, which APD spokeswoman Sunny Guerin said are expected to be fully implemented by the first quarter of next year. The department signed a $4.4 million contract with the software company that will cover implementation, maintenance and support services for five years.
The Anchorage Police Department plans to collect the full $1.8 million in taxes this year, Guerin said. The department also received an additionalpublic safety committee meeting Wednesday that the department aims to select a vendor to supply the equipment by the end of March. APDfor the project. Officials will meet with the vendors and see a demonstration this month or in early March, Kerle said.
Police officials published their last draft of the policy for use in March of 2022, but progress has since come to a standstill due toover the policy, which is subject to collective bargaining because it represents a change in working conditions. Union officials have taken issue with a section of the policy that does not allow officers to review footage before being interviewed in use-of-force situations.
The department and the Anchorage Police Department Employees Association are expected to enter into arbitration in April. Police officials on Wednesday said they are continuing discussions with the union to try to resolve the issues without arbitration, but they otherwise hope to have a decision back from the arbitrator by late fall.
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