Anchorage has been down the road of body-camera transparency promises before, and in many instances the reality of implementation has fallen far short of the initial vision.
APD Deputy Chief Sean Case on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. Anchorage Mayor-elect Suzanne LaFrance said Case will lead the city's police department.
That’s a refreshing departure from the footage release policy — or lack thereof — so far espoused by APD and other Alaska law enforcement. Under current policy, body camera footage can be effectively impossible for the public to pry free from the agencies whose officers wear the cameras. As you can imagine, this breeds rumor and innuendo, as well as a tendency for the public to.
And it doesn’t help matters that, in every shooting incident so far this summer, whether by Anchorage police or Alaska State Troopers, the response from department brass has been the same: No footage release, and no timeline for when that release might take place, other than the vague assurance of “when our investigation is complete.” Apparently, none of those investigations are yet complete, and it would likely be unwise to hold your breath waiting for them.
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