The Anchorage Assembly is considering spending more than half a million dollars on an ongoing project to build what police officials call a “real-time crime center.” That’s where officers can access a wide variety of technology, including license plate readers and video from traffic cameras and drones.
The city’s police chief says it will help address crime. But some Assembly members want to ensure the public’s privacy is protected first.
The Assembly will take up the roughly $600,000 contract with the tech company ThunderCat next month to install and provide support for new equipment at the Anchorage Police Department Real-Time Crime Center, at its station on Elmore Road in East Anchorage…