Thanks to sponsorships from the National Park Service and Arctic Cat, the Ride for Life suicide prevention campaign will once again hit the trail on March 19, this time snowmachining more than 1,800 miles across Alaska to engage school children and adults in village in the Yukon-Kuskoskwim Delta up to the Norton Sound. Alaska Wildlife […]
(ANCHORAGE, Alaska) – Village Public Safety Officers across Alaska are getting new equipment to keep their communities safe. Two hundred innovative Fire Suppression Tools (FSTs), distributed by Flameguard USA, were purchased by the Bristol Bay Native Association and Kodiak Area Native Association VPSO grantees. The FSTs were then distributed by the Department of Public Safety’s […]
(ANCHORAGE, Alaska) – The Alaska State Troopers, Alaska Wildlife Troopers and Bureau of Highway Patrol Traffic Teams kept busy during the Fourth of July weekend watching the roads and meeting motorists statewide. From July 2 through 8 AM July 7th, troopers were conducting a focused enforcement effort aimed at getting motorists to follow the rules of the road. From 07/02/14 at […]
The side of the road can be a dangerous place for emergency vehicles. Alaska State Trooper Mike Wery found this out when his patrol car was rear-ended while he parked on the side of the road with his emergency lights flashing, partially blocking the outside of four lanes on the Richardson Highway so a tow […]