Alaska State Troopers finally received funding needed to purchase body-worn cameras, which will soon be issued as standard equipment for all troopers.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Alaska State Troopers finally received funding needed to purchase body-worn cameras, which will soon be issued as standard equipment for all troopers and Alaska Wildlife Troopers throughout the state, according to Department of Public Safety Commissioner James Cockrell.
The department has finally secured the funding needed, which began when the United States Department of Justice provided just under a million dollars last year. Those federal dollars will now be combined with $3 million Gov. Mike Dunleavy recently allocated from the state’s general fund during his fiscal year 2023 budget, earmarked for the department’s needs, which included body-worn cameras.
“We’ve got some hurdles to overcome — especially connectivity in our rural areas like Bethel, Emmonak and Selawik — places that we have troopers and CSO’s and VPSO’s,” Cockrell said.
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