Anchorage Police Chief Sean Case said the new draft policy on body-worn cameras will go into effect Monday. It includes a 45-day timeline for the release of footage from police shootings.
Anchorage police officers began wearing body cameras in March. A recent string of five police shootings, which began May 13 with Handy’s killing, were the first to be captured by body cameras. Officers haveCase said the department is actively working to produce videos of the other shootings. Footage of incidents that do not involve a criminal investigation or charges against a suspect will likely be released “in the subsequent weeks,” he said in a Friday interview.
The former policy, which was put in place by the department last August, left the decision to release footage up to the police chief’s discretion, Case told Assembly members. It raised numerous unanswered questions for the public about the decision-making process, and whether the department would release footage, he said.
The timeframe should allow for the department to get the necessary statements from the officers, he said. “It would be really difficult to balance all of those responsibilities in a week or 10 days,” she said. behind the Pioneer Bar in downtown Anchorage involves a homicide investigation, Case said. Bourdukofsky, who survived and was hospitalized, has been charged with murder. AnReleasing evidence “predisposes the public toward one way or another,” making it difficult to find a full jury of peers, especially smaller communities, Gardner told Assembly members. She added, “Anchorage is still a pretty small community compared to somewhere like L.A.
On Friday, the Assembly questioned Case about how the footage would be edited and collated for public viewing. The draft policy states that it may not show “all the shots fired or moments immediately following shots fired.” “I’m not sure I want to commit to every single redaction” because there are “a lot,” Case said in the response.
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