Juneau, AK – The Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska (Tlingit & Haida) announced its Public Safety department has hired Dean Cavanaugh as the Village Public Safety Officer (VPSO) for the community of Kake. The VPSO program is funded through the State of Alaska and was established in the late 1970s. The […]
A Village Public Safety Officer based in Fairbanks was dispatched to Manley Hot Springs at 14 minutes past midnight on Saturday to conduct a welfare check on an individual there AST reported. The 33-year-old male subject had not been seen since noon the previous day according to the Health Aide in Manley. The VPSO arrived at the […]
Alaska State Troopers on Monday requested that a warrant be issued for Escape IV on Dawson Andrew, age 18, who they say has once again escaped custody after being re-captured on Monday morning. According to the report, Dillingham-based troopers were notified at 5:30 pm, by the New Stuyahok Village Police Officer, that Andrew, “had escaped […]
A New Stuyahok man has been charged with escape after being released from his holding cell in that community to go out to smoke then disappearing. Dillingham-based troopers were informed at 3:45 pm on Sunday afternoon after an investigation that 18-year-old Dawson Andrew had been arrested for Assault IV-DV x3 and one count of Criminal […]