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Alaska's Public Safety Officer Program Is Failing. Can It Be Saved?

Authors :
Hopkins, Kyle
Source :
Pro Publica; Jan2020, p3-3, 1p
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

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]

Details

Language :
English
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Pro Publica
Accession number :
141702031