One year ago, the Department of Justice announced the revitalization and enhancement of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), which Attorney General Sessions has made the centerpiece of the Department’s violent crime reduction strategy. PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime. Through PSN, a broad spectrum of stakeholders work together to […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Department of Public Safety has released 2017 Uniform Crime Report (UCR) data in compliance with federal and state regulations. The FBI assumed responsibility for the UCR Program in the 1930s to help generate national crime statistics. DPS is the UCR administrator for Alaska; state statute requires police agencies to submit data […]
An Aniak man is in jail on Murder and Attempted Murder charges after an extended shooting incident in that village early Sunday morning. Aniak-based Troopers were notified of a shooting in the community at 2:19 am on Sunday morning. Troopers took 29-year-old Joseph Patrick Yaska into custody. The Alaska Bureau of Investigation and the Bethel […]