Police chief Jimmy Yoakum sits in his brand new office, Friday, July 25, 2025, in Haines. (Will Steinfeld/Chilkat Valley News)

Haines’ newest police chief Jimmy Yoakum arrived earlier this week  from Loudon County, Tenn. He’ll be adding policing capacity to a department that has been down to just two officers since former police chief Michael Fullerton stepped down at the end of April. 

Yoakum will spend the rest of the summer in this new position. 

Will Steinfeld is a documentary photographer and reporter in Southeast Alaska, formerly in New England.