Trooper director: Haines post next in line to be cut

Alaska Department of Public Safety Col. James Cockrell warned last week that if his agency suffered continued budget cuts, Haines will be the next rural community in the state to lose its state trooper.

“If we get any more cuts in our resources, Haines will be the first post we close,” he said.

Haines Borough last week drafted a letter asking whether Alaska State Troopers plan to replace Andrew Neason, the area’s only blue-uniformed trooper,…