SITKA — The Alaska Law Enforcement Training (ALET) Academy’s second session of the year began Sunday, July 28, with the enrollment of 39 recruits representing police agencies around the state. The class includes 15 Alaska State Trooper recruits, one Wildlife Trooper recruit, seven Village Public Safety Officer recruits, and 16 police officer recruits from11 […]
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 […]
Photo-Captured image of DeBarr Road Credit Union 1 robbery suspect. Image-FBI release SWAT converged on the area of 4020 DeBarr Road, set a perimeter and closed roads in the aftermath of an armed bank robbery of Credit Union 1 there late Saturday afternoon. SWAT joined the response as Anchorage patrol officers canvassed the area […]
China has issued a pair of travel warnings for the United States, warning its citizens that they could be subjected to police harassment and fall victim to criminals. The Foreign Ministry warned citizens Tuesday that Chinese nationals traveling to the U.S. are “repeatedly harassed” by law enforcement agencies through “border interrogations, “drop-in visits […]