Troopers start wearing body cameras

Thirty Alaska State Troopers recently started wearing body cameras to prepare for all troopers to wear the cameras later this year.

The Department of Public Safety was awarded $3.58 million in state funding and $938,000 in federal funding in July 2022 for the project. They selected Motorola and their V300 body-worn cameras. Every trooper, wildlife trooper, deputy fire marshal, court services officer and village public safety officer will wear a body camera as part of the program.

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