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Her Story Brought Down Alaska's Attorney General. A Year Later, She Feels Let Down: Nikki Dougherty White came forward to say Alaska's acting attorney general had an inappropriate relationship with her when she was a teen, and he resigned. Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy, who appointed Sniffen to the role, has said through a spokesperson that he was unaware of the allegations against Sniffen until the newsrooms began investigating White's story. [Extracted from the article]

Sex Offenders Were Becoming Cops. Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy is proposing changes to statelaw that would improve police hiring standards andoversight after some villages hired police officers that weresex offenders or had been convicted of domestic violence. Dunleavy has introduced legislation that wouldprohibit domestic abusers and sex offenders from beingvillage police officers. [Extracted from the article]

Alaska's Public Safety Officer Program Is Failing. Public Safety Commissioner Amanda Price hasquestioned whether the VPSO program is the right toolfor providing more law enforcement in Alaska villages,given it has failed to thrive after decades of effort. "Essentially, the current VPSO statute provides virtuallyno mission, vision, or statutory law enforcement dutiesfor the program or the VPSO personnel", the task forcereport says. [Extracted from the article]