Recruitment efforts to bring quality law enforcement officers to Alaska will continue July 15, 2020 (ANCHORAGE)—This week, the Department of Public Safety (DPS) was notified that Google/YouTube canceled authorization of pay-per-click advertisement of a recently, nationally distributed recruitment video advertisement for the Alaska State Troopers. The action was taken as it was interpreted to […]
The 2019 Bristol Bay red king crab fishery has wrapped up with quota of 3,797,000 pounds. Numbers show an average catch per unit effort (CPUE) of 15.6 crab in a pot. The 7.14 pounds average weight per crab is the highest dating back to 1973. That high average weight is a concern, according to Ethan […]
(ANCHORAGE)— Last week, the first of two application periods for the July 2020 Public Safety Academy closed out with just over 1000 applications submitted to the Trooper Recruitment Unit. The large swell of applicants is credited to a recruitment graphic that went viral on Instagram, as well as on-going advertising efforts. “We didn’t even realize […]
Today, the Anchorage Police Department and the United States Army Recruiting Division leadership held a signing ceremony to solidify the Partnership for Youth Success (PaYS) Program agreement designed to help young soldiers find work after they complete their service. “I am pleased to partner with the Army to find careers for those who served,” said […]