The Haines Public Safety Commission is attempting to rebrand itself by changing its name to the Public Health and Safety Commission.
Haines Police Chief Heath Scott proposed the name change, and to add three ex-officio members to the commission to represent SEARHC, SEARHC’s Lynn Canal Counseling and the local school.
Police encounter very few “hardened criminals” in Haines, Scott said during last month’s meeting, but deal with many people who are “mental health consumers in…
