Just after midnight on Thursday, the Alaska State Troopers were notified that an armed Kotlik man had broken into the school in that village. At the time of the break-on, the school was occupied by two people. But, they were able successfully leave the building after convincing the suspect, identified as Calson Aparezuk, age 34, […]
(Dillingham, AK) – An Ekwok man was convicted at trial this week of sexual assault and sexual abuse of a minor. A jury in Dillingham Superior Court deliberated approximately five hours before finding Constantine Akelkok, 37, guilty of sexual assault in the second degree and sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree. In July […]
(Anchorage) – In a newly created position, a retired Alaska State Trooper returns as VPSO operations director to reimagine the 43-year-old Village Public Safety Officer program. On FirstHand, the podcast, Joel Hard says VPSOs are so critical to public safety in villages, that he could not have done his Trooper job without them. Now […]
Dozens of Alaska Villages Have No Police At All Dozens of Alaska communities still have no police to protect their residents. “Every community deserves public safety. Letting a criminal assault community members, with no protection from any police officer isn’t justice, it’s negligence,” said Mike Williams, Sr. and Les Gara in a joint statement today. “All Alaskans […]