This week Governor Mike Dunleavy, Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson, the Departments of Public Safety, Corrections, Law, and Anchorage Police Chief Ken McCoy announced sweeping changes which will undoubtedly result in increased offender accountability and community safety. First, the Department of Corrections will immediately begin collecting DNA from qualifying arrestees, primarily those charged with violent crimes. […]
JUNEAU – University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) education graduate Robyn Capp has been awarded a $5,000 grant from the National Education Association (NEA) Foundation for her project on COVID-19 Rapid Response. The program goal is to support educator-led initiatives that increase educational equity and opportunity in response to student needs associated with the COVID-19 […]
July 23, 2020 (ANCHORAGE) – This week, the Department of Public Safety made the SAKI Interim Report available online for the public. The SAKI project, funded through a federal grant, launched in January of 2017. The DPS and its partner agencies created a multidisciplinary working group to manage the project and to come up […]
House Bill 182 the latest step in ongoing Rape Kit Reform effort aimed at bringing justice to survivors JUNEAU – Tuesday, the Alaska House of Representatives voted unanimously to pass a bill that would prevent a backlog of rape kits and help make sure victims of sexual assault see swift justice delivered against their […]