Morphet seeks to terminate police service beyond townsite

The Haines Borough Assembly will discuss later this month whether or not to direct Haines Borough Police Chief Heath Scott to stop responding to calls for service outside the townsite and to direct dispatchers to refer all calls from outside the townsite to the Alaska State Troopers.

Assembly member Tom Morphet made the motion after former borough assembly member George Campbell requested he do so.

The motion comes after the Alaska State Troopers removed its…