(KODIAK, Alaska) – After 34 years of patrolling Alaska fisheries as one of the largest vessels in the Alaska Wildlife Trooper Fleet, the Patrol Vessel Woldstad is being decommissioned. The P/V Woldstad is a 121-foot, 300 ton vessel. With its home Port in Kodiak, it patrolled from Kodiak Island to the Bering Sea and Bristol […]
(SOLDOTNA, Alaska) – Since making a large bust which resulted in upwards of 8,000 grams of Spice from a tobacco shop along the Sterling Highway, Sergeant Robert Hunter hasn’t heard of a single law enforcement contact or overdose involving the substance. “That’s huge for us,” Sergeant Hunter, unit supervisor of the Soldotna Statewide Drug Enforcement […]
(ANCHORAGE, Alaska) – Alaska State Troopers, in cooperation with Anchorage, Wasilla and Palmer police departments, will focus on fair traffic during a statewide enhanced enforcement starting Aug. 16 and running through Labor Day weekend. As people get out to enjoy the last bit of the Alaskan summer, troopers across the state will hit the roads […]
(Sitka, Alaska) – Last Friday, February 8, 2013, 13 VPSOs finished their first phase of training at the Public Safety Training Academy in Sitka, AK. This first phase of training consisted of five weeks of specifically designed courses to assist in preparing them for the duties as a Village Public Safety Officer.