(Anchorage) – Late last week the Department of Public Safety received notice that the U.S. Department of Justice approved DPS’s grant application to receive approximately $6 million through the Emergency Federal Law Enforcement Assistance Program. The two-year grant is a portion of the $10 million in funds announced at the end of June by […]
YouTube video by Kyle Hopkins and uploaded by Propublica ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. STEBBINS, Alaska — No gun. No training. $14 an hour. If there were better jobs to be had, city police officers in […]
(STATEWIDE) – The statistics are in for this summer’s Fourth-of-July Holiday DUI High Visibility Enforcement Campaign, which occurred from July 3 through July 8. The good news: DUIs were down from 21 misdemeanor and three felony arrests last summer to 10 misdemeanor and one felony arrest this summer. Also, while plenty of citations were […]
Rural Trip to Bethel and Napaskiak to Discuss Public Safety, Law Enforcement WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) recently welcomed U.S. Attorney General William Barr to Alaska for a visit focusing on law enforcement and public safety issues. During Attorney General Barr’s four-day trip, Senator Murkowski facilitated meetings in both Bethel and […]