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Committee reviews APD automated license-plate reader policy; staff stress verification and 14-day retention
Summary
Anchorage Police Department staff presented a dash-camera-based automated license-plate reader policy using Axon systems, emphasizing two-step verification, a 14-day automatic retention period unless data are entered into evidence, and prohibitions on uses tied to protected status; committee members pressed on AI, body-cam use and oversight.
Sean Case of the Anchorage Police Department presented the department's proposed automated license-plate reader (ALPR) policy and told the Public Health and Safety Committee the system will be integrated with Axon dash cameras and run from patrol vehicles rather than fixed roadside cameras. Case said APD intends to load narrowly defined criteria into the system such as stolen vehicles, violent-person warrants and Silver/Amber alerts so the system only generates hits on specified priorities.
Case described a two-step verification process when the system flags a plate: an officer must verify the hit against the state system and visually confirm that the license plate corresponds…
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