An Anchorage Police Department representative on June 11 told the committee the department has compiled 179 recommendations from three reviews — a 15-year officer-involved-shooting assessment, the Chris Darcy administrative review and a CERTA staffing study — and has completed, begun or planned work to address many of them.

The presenter said the department organized the recommendations into topical sections and is tracking implementation status. The three documents together contain 179 recommendations; the APD presenter summarized completion status across sections and gave examples of changes in policy, training and staffing.

The 15-year internal officer-involved-shooting review included 13 recommendations, the presenter said: seven are complete and six remain in progress. APD said it will expand the existing use-of-force review process so that officer-involved deadly-force incidents receive the same comprehensive post-incident review used for non-deadly-force officer-use-of-force events, with the goal of identifying near-term training and policy needs after critical incidents.

The Chris Darcy administrative review contained 11 recommendations; the presenter said six are complete, three are in progress and two have not yet started. One Darcy recommendation described “enhanced training to identify specific actions for sergeants and lieutenants expected to perform throughout a call,” and the department said it is modifying policy, attaching disciplinary expectations to required supervisory actions and deploying hands-on scenario training to reinforce those expectations.

The CERTA staffing study, finalized in December 2024, yielded multiple recommendations across divisions. Examples the presenter cited:

- Patrol division: 14 recommendations (3 complete, 6 in progress, 5 not started); APD altered late-evening/early-morning shift overlap from 2 hours to 4 hours to increase resources during high-call-volume periods and has been operating on that schedule for five months.

- Crime suppression division: 28 recommendations (14 complete, 7 in progress, 7 not started); APD plans to add two additional intelligence analysts over the year if staffing allows.

- Detective division: 20 recommendations (10 complete, 9 in progress, 1 not started); APD added two domestic-violence–specialist detectives to focus on strangulation and related investigative techniques.

- Administration and internal affairs: 56 recommendations (27 complete, 19 in progress, 10 not started); items include improved internal-affairs training and a pre-hire program for applicants.

The APD presenter said implementation combines policy changes, training and scenario-based practice: the department plans roughly 10 scenario exercises in 2025 tied to recommendations so supervisors and officers can practice revised expectations. The presenter also said the department has begun adding emotional-intelligence modules in the academy and in-service training to address decision-making and officer well-being.

Committee members asked for clearer documentation tying each recommendation to (1) the specific problem it addressed, (2) the policy or training change made in response, and (3) measurable results. The presenter said the department will provide the three studies and a progress dashboard by topic and will publish the staffing study to the public.

Ending: APD did not propose an ordinance or seek a committee vote. The department described an ongoing implementation process that members said they will monitor and requested clearer, item-level reporting of recommendations, corrective actions and outcomes.