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Anchorage County

5 Deployments on record
3 Agencies
4 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · none on record Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · 1 Drones / UAS · 1 Gunshot detection · none on record Body-worn & dashcam · 2 Doorbell & camera registry · none on record Cell-site simulators · 1 Predictive policing · none on record Social-media monitoring · none on record

The record, by agency

Anchorage Police Department

Anchorage · 3 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Anchorage

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Axon

The Anchorage Police Department uses Axon body-worn cameras.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Alaska's News SourceAlaska's News SourceAnchorage Police Department Website

Cell-site simulators

The Anchorage Police Department acquired cell-site simulator technology in 2009.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Anchorage Daily NewsMunicipality of Anchorage2KTUU

Drones / UAS

The Anchorage Police Department operates drones as of 2024.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Anchorage Police DepartmentCenter for the Study of the Drone at Bard Collegewww.muni.org

Alaska Department of Public Safety

Anchorage · 1 deployment

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Motorola

The Alaska Department of Public Safety began using Motorola body-worn cameras in 2023.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Alaska Department of Public Safety

Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles

Anchorage · 1 deployment

Face recognition

The Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles responds to face recognition requests from various law enforcement agencies as well as federal agencies such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and other state transportation departments

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Electronic Frontier Foundation

Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026