(Anchorage, AK) – The Alaska Department of Public Safety’s Statewide Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) has released its annual drug report highlighting trends in illegal narcotics trafficking in Alaska. The annual report presented to the Alaska Legislature details reported street prices for illicit drugs, the impressive amount of illicit drugs and alcohol seized by the SDEU, […]
February 2, 2021 (Anchorage, AK) – The Alaska Department of Public Safety, at the direction of Commissioner Amanda Price, collaborated with its partner agencies to create the first Alaska Statewide Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team (AK DVFRT). The review team will analyze select cases from around Alaska where an individual is either killed or nearly […]
Public Safety Remains Job Number One for the Dunleavy Administration (Anchorage, AK) – Governor Mike Dunleavy highlighted a number of accomplishments and priorities of the Alaska Department of Public Safety during his annual State of the State Address. Since taking office the governor has charged his public safety team to continue to make public safety […]
DPS Aircraft Operations Increased 42% as the Pandemic Reduced Commercial Air Options Transporting prisoners across Alaska’s vast distances is a challenge on a good day, but when you add dangerous winter storms and the COVID-19 outbreak, most would call the task near impossible. However, this challenge doesn’t stop the nearly 400 Alaska State and Wildlife […]