The lawsuit accuses the municipality of thwarting the will of the voters, which voted to implement body cameras in April 2021.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Alaska Black Caucus sued the Municipality of Anchorage Wednesday, citing delays in implementing body cameras to be worn by police officers.to pay for body cameras on city police officers and with yet another delay in the implementation of the policy, litigation has now been handed down.
The suit was filed by the Northern Justice Project in Alaska Superior Court and accuses the municipality of thwarting the will of the voters, which voted to implement the cameras in April 2021. “They have done so by coming up with one excuse after another that prevents them from doing what over 7,200 other police departments around the country have already done,” the lawsuit states.
The suit also points out that many other departments in the state, including Fairbanks and Alaska State Troopers, have successfully implemented body cam policies.
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