A motion that sounds "Anchorage Police Department." There is an agency building down it.The Anchorage Police Department, photographed successful Downtown Anchorage connected Thursday, August 10, 2023. (Dev Hardikar/Alaska Public Media)

Police officers are tasked pinch keeping bid successful our communities and ensuring residents and visitors prosecute successful lawful conduct. It tin beryllium a difficult occupation wherever decisions sometimes request to beryllium made successful seconds, particularly erstwhile group are astatine risk, successful situation and threatening themselves aliases others. After Anchorage constabulary officers changeable and killed 4 group successful Anchorage complete nan past fewer months, immoderate Alaskans are calling for change. Law enforcement officials, attorneys, and organization advocates reply questions astir usage of unit and really cases are investigated connected this Talk of Alaska.

HOST: Lori Townsend

GUESTS:

  • Chief Sean Case – Anchorage Police Department
  • Deputy Attorney General John Skidmore – Alaska Department of Law
  • Rich Curtner – Retired Federal Defender, Co-Chair, Alaska Black Caucus Justice Committee

Related:

  • Anchorage organization activists vent and effort to find statement connected policing reforms

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Lori Townsend

Lori Townsend is nan main editor, elder vice president of publicity and elder big for Alaska Public Media. You tin nonstop her news tips and programme ideas for Talk of Alaska and Alaska Insight at ltownsend@alaskapublic.org or call 907-550-8452. Read much astir Lori here.