Alaska's Department of Public Safety announced that 30 law enforcement officers are now using body-worn cameras — the first step in the agency’s larger plan to outfit roughly 400 employees with the cameras by the end of the year.
The Alaska Department of Public Safety announced Monday that 30 law enforcement officers are now using body cameras — the first step in the agency’s larger plan to outfit roughly 400 employees with the cameras by the end of the year.after the department was awarded roughly $3.5 million in state funds and nearly $1 million in federal funding to outfit troopers, wildlife troopers, court services officers, deputy fire marshals and village public safety officers with cameras.
The limited rollout officially began Monday, although a number of the law enforcement officers began using the cameras in April after they completed training, said department spokesman Austin McDaniel. The officers selected to participate in the initial rollout are located in Anchor Point, Anchorage, Cantwell, Fairbanks, Juneau, Ketchikan, Kodiak, the Matanuska-Susitna Borough and Soldotna, the departmentPublic safety officials say they have finalized the
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