Alaska State Trooper Director Colonel James Cockrell wrote Haines Mayor Jan Hill last week informing her of the state’s decision to move the Haines trooper position to Bethel.
Cockrell said his agency has experienced a $10 million budget reduction during the past two years and is facing a $1.4 million reduction this year along with the loss of another trooper position. Troopers have lost 32 trooper positions and closed posts in six Alaska locations…