(Anchorage, AK)— Two Alaska High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Taskforces seized over $356,000 worth of illegal narcotics in Southeast Alaska and Southcentral Alaska this week. The two seizures are among the largest fentanyl seizures in Alaska history. On April 26, 2022, at approximately 2:00 pm investigators with the Anchorage Airport Interdiction Team (AAIT) were […]
Troopers Cited over 1,000 Drivers Over multi-week Memorial Day Click It or Ticket Enforcement Effort (Anchorage, AK) – Over the multi-week special enforcement period coinciding with the Memorial Day holiday weekend, the Alaska State Troopers and Wildlife Troopers issued 1079 citations and investigated 96 collisions across Alaska’s roadways. The focused traffic enforcement patrols ran on […]
March 9, 2021 (Anchorage, AK) — This year the Alaska Department of Public Safety has hired two additional full-time commercial helicopter pilots to bring both the Anchorage and Fairbanks-based advanced search-and-rescue helicopters up to full staffing. These new civilian pilots will allow for seven days a week daylight coverage for both HELO2 in Fairbanks and HELO3 […]
Two Year Upgrade of Alaska’s Automated Fingerprint System Will Help Solve Crimes Faster December 29, 2020 (Anchorage, AK) – After years of planning and months of testing, the upgrade to Alaska’s portion of the Western Identification Network (WIN) Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) has been successfully completed. Alaska, the first state to upgrade among the […]