Most people are bewildered when they find out people with serious criminal convictions are serving as police officers in rural Alaska. It truly is shocking to learn that individuals convicted of felonies, sex crimes and violent domestic violence offenses are placed in the highest positions of trust and authority. Police officers in Alaska, from […]
Anchorage police say that they have identified a suspect and obtained a felony warrant for burglary/assault/criminal mischief in connection with a Monday morning disturbance with a weapon involved. APD was contacted and responded to the scene on the 400-block of East 13th at 11:13 am on Monday. Not knowing if the suspect was still […]
APD on Tuesday credited an alert citizen for the apprehension of a Holiday gas station robber that police were actively seeking. Anchorage police responded to a robbery call at the Holiday station at 4627 Mountain View Drive at 2:16 am Tuesday morning. Officers found during the initial investigation that the suspect, later identified as […]
An off-duty officer recruit with the Anchorage Police Department was arrested by Alaska State Troopers in a Burglary/Assault response in Wasilla early Saturday night, troopers and APD revealed. When troopers responded to a physical Disturbance call on Beaver Avenue in Wasilla and opened an investigation, they found that an off-duty police officer recruit had […]