Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over; If You Feel Different, You Drive Different, Drive High – Get a DUI. (Anchorage, AK) – While many Holiday festivities will look different in 2020 than in years past, the consequences of driving under the influence of alcohol or any other impairing substance, like marijuana, remain the same. Beginning […]
(ANCHORAGE) – The Alaska State Troopers have been working hard to keep impaired drivers off Alaska’s roadways during the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over national campaign. This year the high visibility enforcement effort runs from Aug. 14 through Sept. 8 and is designed to discourage impaired drivers from hitting the highways. Troopers implore […]
Anchorage – Troopers will have extra patrols on the roadways and waterways to help ensure people safely reach their destinations for the Fourth of July holiday. Alaska State Troopers will be conducting focused patrols looking for poor driver behaviors like aggressive and distracted driving. Meanwhile, Alaska Wildlife Troopers will focus on fishing enforcement patrols […]
Members of the public are encouraged to make their concerns known So many questions have circulated across the nation and here in Alaska regarding training standards, policies and procedures that law enforcement agencies have in place. As the lead investigator for allegations of officer misconduct at the Department of Public Safety, I was shocked […]
Anchorage – On Monday, the U.S. Marshals Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force arrested a resident of Sterling, Alaska who was wanted on multiple outstanding state of Alaska warrants. Brian Tupper, 40, was being sought on warrants for charges including Failure to Stop at the Direction of Officer, Misconduct Involving Controlled Substance, Probation, and […]
Over $2.1 Million Awarded to Alaska Law Enforcement Agencies ANCHORAGE, Alaska – U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that $2,100,474 in grant funding has been awarded to multiple law enforcement agencies in Alaska, which allows those agencies to hire a combined total of 19 law enforcement professionals to help keep our communities safe. This is […]
MINNEAPOLIS — A member of the Liberian security forces under the regime of Liberian President Charles Taylor was removed Tuesday by officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO). Alexander Mentol Zinnah, 56, arrived in Liberia escorted by ERO officers on board an ICE charter removal flight and was […]
Recently 10 million dollars were allocated for this particular purpose. Well, I am here in the village of Newtok, Alaska, and wondering if the money used for assisting the Village Police Officers and the concerned citizens. And I am beginning to wonder if the money used for paying the natives to testify in the […]
New outreach efforts underway so that fishery observers feel comfortable reporting harrassment issues and ensure that fishing vessel crews, captains and fishing company managers understand what constitutes harassment. If you’ve watched a reality TV show profiling life on U.S. commercial fishing vessels, you know it’s a challenging and dangerous work environment for the crew. […]