Haines police chief Heath Scott said the department lacks funding to provide adequate 24-hour police service. This comment was part of a presentation Scott delivered on Feb. 12 to the Public Safety Commission, which is currently deliberating budget recommendations for the coming fiscal year, FY21.
At present, Haines budgets for a five-officer police force. Scott presented the commission with several options moving forward: a full-time police force with six officers, the minimum number recommended by…