Anchorage Assembly Passes Police Surveillance Rules 11-1, Leaves Plate-Reader Retention in Policy
The Anchorage Assembly voted 11-1 on the evening of Nov. 4 to pass a police surveillance ordinance writing the rules for the Anchorage Police Department's license-plate readers and real-time crime center into municipal code. The ordinance requires the department to adopt written policies on who may use the tools and how long data is retained, requires Assembly approval for any contract that materially expands surveillance capability, and requires the city to publish an annual report by June 1 each year covering plate-reader hits, related arrests and investigations. The Assembly rejected two stricter amendments: one limiting when police may query plate-reader data failed 5-7, and another that would have written a 14-day data-deletion deadline into code also failed, leaving the 14-day limit in internal department policy, which the police chief may change after notifying the Assembly. The Assembly also voted 10-1 to create a one-year special committee to review the department's use of force, de-escalation and surveillance policies. In September 2025 the Anchorage Police Department signed a five-year, roughly $11.8 million contract with Axon to build a real-time crime center able to ingest feeds from 750 cameras.
(Source: Alaska News)
Source: Alaska News
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