Alaska DPS outlines body‑worn camera program, storage and public‑records costs
The Alaska Department of Public Safety told a House Finance subcommittee it operates roughly 617 body‑worn cameras and 374 in‑car systems, stores about 732 terabytes of video with vendor Axon under a 10‑year, $1.3 million‑per‑year contract, and charges $36.49 per digital evidence request while retaining no fee revenue locally.
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The Alaska Department of Public Safety told the House Finance Department of Public Safety subcommittee on Feb. 19 that its modern body‑worn and in‑car video program is centralized with commercial cloud storage and requires significant staff time to process public‑records requests.
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