The Haines Borough Police Department was the first of 15 rural Alaskan communities to sign a contract with the state to receive funding for new pretrial services.
“Essentially, I would deem this as kind of a pilot project,” said Police Chief Heath Scott.
The state legislature is again working on the criminal justice reform bill, known as SB 91, passed in 2015. A part of the law calls for a pretrial services program, set to…
