Borough manager Debra Schnabel met with borough attorney Brooks Chandler on Tuesday in Anchorage to draft a response to Alaska State Troopers on policing responsibilities outside of the Haines townsite.

The borough assembly voted 5-1 on Nov. 6 to request that Chandler respond to a letter from Alaska State Troopers sent to the Haines Police last week.

In the Nov. 6 letter, state troopers’ acting director Major Andrew Greenstreet confirmed receiving Haines’ new directive to…