After considerable discussion, the Haines Borough Assembly has dropped the idea of making its harbormaster a “peace officer.”
That puts the local job on similar footing with the harbor chief in Skagway, but with less authority than the same job in Juneau.
Skagway harbormaster Matt O’Boyle said municipal code does not designate him as a peace officer, and he does not issue citations.
“The biggest thing that we’ve talked about with the ability to do…