Assembly and State Troopers spar over police responsibility

The Haines Borough Assembly and Alaska State Troopers Director Hans Brinke reached an impasse Wednesday afternoon on which government agency is responsible for policing the Haines Borough outside the townsite.

The Alaska State Troopers, which moved its trooper position to western Alaska last spring, maintain the borough is responsible for policing outside the townsite. Borough staff created an ordinance this summer which would have put police expansion to a borough-wide vote. Members of the public…