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2018 Felony Level Sex Offenses
Report now available on the Department of Public Safety Website (Anchorage) — The fourth Felony Level Sex Offenses report has been published to the Department of Public Safety Website. It can be found at https://dps.alaska.gov/Felony-Level-Sex-Offenses-2018. The Department of Public Safety (DPS) is tasked with collecting information on felony level sex offenses reported to state […]
Sexual Assault Kit Initiative Training Aims to Educate, Ease Backlogs
Regional training sessions help law enforcement, prosecutors, medical providers and advocates improve response in sexual assault cases. February 18, 2020 (Bethel) – The Department of Public Safety hosted the sixth of a dozen Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) training sessions scheduled to be presented statewide. The trainings are intended to increase the capacity of […]
Trump Denies Applying Pressure to Change Sentencing Recommendation for Confidant
WHITE HOUSE – U.S. President Donald Trump is denying intervention in his own government’s sentencing recommendation for a political confidant convicted of lying to Congress. “I stay out of things to a degree that people wouldn’t believe,” Trump replied to a reporter in the Oval Office on Tuesday afternoon. “I didn’t speak to them. […]
Schumer Asks Defense Watchdog to Probe Trump Impeachment Retaliation
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer asked the Defense Department watchdog on Monday to investigate what he said was “shameful” and “Illegal” retaliation by President Donald Trump against a witness who testified against him at last year’s impeachment hearings. Schumer asked 74 inspectors general throughout the government to probe any retaliation against […]
Get Your REAL ID at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport
(Anchorage) – Alaskans have a new location to receive REAL IDs. The Alaska Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) will now process REAL ID applications at the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC). “ANC and the DMV are partnering to ensure every Alaskan who wants a REAL ID can get one by October 2020,” said Airport Manager Jim Szczesniak. “It’s important […]
DOC Reverses Course, Cancels Plan to Send Prisoners Out-of-state
Rep. Fields: ‘This outcome saves money and will help make Alaska safe’ JUNEAU – Thursday, Department of Corrections Commissioner Nancy Dahlstrom informed the House State Affairs Committee that the state is canceling a plan to spend millions of dollars to send nearly 500 prisoners to Outside, private facilities. The department also announced a plan […]
Victim in Tent at Minnesota and 100th Suffers Life-Threatening Gunshot Injuries
A caller phoned into APD early Saturday morning to report that he had been shot and police began a search to locate the caller in the area of Minnesota and 100th. The caller said at 2:26 am that he had been in his tent at the time he had been shot. He was unable […]
Tlingit & Haida Selected for Tribal Access Program
JUNEAU, AK –The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) recently selected Central Council of Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska (Tlingit & Haida) as one of 30 tribes to be a part of the next expansion of the Tribal Access Program (TAP). The program provides federally-recognized tribes with the ability to access and […]