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County record · Alaska

Fairbanks North Star County

3 Deployments on record
3 Agencies
3 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 · 1 Doorbell & camera registry · none on record Cell-site simulators · none on record Predictive policing · none on record Social-media monitoring · none on record

The record, by agency

Alaska Department of Public Safety

Fairbanks · 1 deployment

Face recognition Vendor: Clearview AI

The Alaska Department of Public Safety spent $110,000 on Clearview AI face recogntiion technology in FY 2023.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): State of Alaska

Fairbanks Police Department

Fairbanks · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Fairbanks

Drones / UAS Vendor: DJI

The Fairbanks Police Department operates one DJI Inspire drone as of 2017, according to data compiled by the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard Collegewww.newsminer.com

North Pole Police Department

North Pole · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of North Pole

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: WatchGuard

The North Pole Police Department uses WatchGuard body-worn cameras. The North Pole Police Department also received a Small, Rural and Tribal Body-Worn Camera Program grant for $10,661 for 14 body-worn cameras in 2023.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): WatchGuard YouTubeJustice & Security StrategiesJustice & Security Strategies

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