The Public Safety Training Academy in Sitka today was happy to announce the 28 Village Public Safety Officers and two Village Police Officers graduates this year, considering this batch is the 2nd highest number of graduates in the VPSO program history, same as with class of 1982. The highest was during 1981 with 30 graduates. [...]
AST Busy in Northern and Southern Alaska On 2-20-12, at about 1600 hours, AST Bethel Post received a report from the Kongiganak Public Safety Department that the Kongiganak Post Office had been burglarized sometime during the evening hours of 2-19-12. AST responded to Kongiganak on 2-24-12 to investigate. Subsequently, two suspects were developed. Criminal charges [...]
Need to Take a Trip, Be Careful What You Ask For Buckland, Alaska February 19th at approximately 1640 hours Alaska State Troopers in Kotzebue received the report of a disturbance in the village of Buckland. Investigation revealed that Randy R. Lee, age 24 from Buckland, assaulted a family member and damaged items inside the residence when [...]
Around 4:30 a.m. last Saturday, Alaska State Troopers initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle in Fairbanks for a moving and equipment violation. The driver of the vehicle was identified as 21 y/o Jesse Lee James Barr by his ADL. Investigation revealed Barr was driving while intoxicated. Barr was arrested and transported to FCC where [...]
Governor Sean Parnell pushes bills to protect Alaskans from financial and sexual exploitation. On February 17 and 19 respectively, Gov. Parnell welcomed the Alaska Senate’s passage of the Senate Bill 86 and transmitted another bill against sex and human trafficking in the 1st degree. “I appreciate the Senate passing this important bill that will protect [...]
Crazy is not just something Patsy Cline sang about. There’s a book called “Crazy” that is a must read for anyone who is or who knows someone, or who knows about someone who is having trouble in our U.S. society. The author, renowned reporter Pete Earley, says the following in the first chapter. “the more [...]
Drinking while under the influence (of alcohol and other substances) is a huge problem here in Alaska. Here are the official Alaska State Trooper reports for the week of February 5-11. Complaints of the Report Every Dangerous Driver Immediately (R.E.D.D.I) have been received across the state, particularly in towns like Fairbanks, Wasilla and Kodiak. Fairbanks [...]
DUI lawyers in Alaska might be amongst the busiest in the nation, as Alaska State Troopers (AST) crack down on impaired drivers around the state 24-7. Feb 12-19 has been a busy week for the Alaska State Troopers. According to their latest reports, 21 offenders have been arrested for Driving Under Influence of alcohol and other impairing [...]
Affordable health benefits for employees is just one of the downgrades that Remington Lodging and Hospitality, who run the Sheraton Anchorage Hotel, have tried to pull off, says Union Organizer Matt Fennel. Remington is trying to “stay” a judges order that sided with workers. To “stay” the judge’s order means to put that judge’s order [...]
John Sturgeon now has an ally in his lawsuit against the National Park Service. Since 2007, Sturgeon has been prevented from using his hovercraft on the Yukon and Nation Rivers within the Yukon-Charley National Preserve, which are state owned, and the craft are allowed under Alaska law. The feds, at least the court system, now [...]