Local and state law enforcement officers received active shooter emergency response training last week, including active-shooter simulations with live volunteers. Eight instructors from the Academy of Counter-Terrorist Education at Louisiana State University delivered the “Train-the-Trainer” program that’s certified by the Department of Homeland Security. The class included wildlife troopers from Haines and Juneau, a Customs […]
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Police Report
Tuesday, May 29 A St. James Place caller reported a verbal argument with a family member. An Anchorage caller reported receiving an unwanted Facebook message. A misrouted 911 call was transferred to Skagway. Wednesday, May 30 A message was relayed to the owner of a vehicle parked on FAA and Tower Road. A Main Street […]
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Dramatic rescue saves man from beach
The Haines Volunteer Fire Department treated and evacuated a man from a rocky Lutak beach Sunday after he badly injured his right leg, which required a tourniquet to stop the bleeding. Fire chief Al Giddings said the man was walking along the beach and injured himself after he jumped and got his foot caught between rocks. “He […]
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Police arrest two men for sexual abuse of a minor
Haines and Anchorage police arrested two Haines men, aged 22 and 32, last Friday for felony-level sex crimes against a minor. Officer Brayton Long has been investigating both men, who were friends with the victim’s family, for almost one year after the 15-year-old female victim’s parents reported the alleged abuse to police last August, police […]
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Assembly snubs law enforcement reality TV porposal
The Haines Borough Assembly quashed a request from a reality television producer to film a show centered around the Haines Police Department. Engel Entertainment approached Haines and other Southeast communities about creating programming that depicts Alaska law enforcement. They offered a development agreement to pursue filming a pilot that would “explore possible programming involving the work of the Haines Police Department […]
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It has been adequately explained
It is my duty to correct the assertion by Assembly member Tom Morphet in his paid commentary (April 26, page 6) that the story of a citizens’ criminal complaint against four Assembly members “has never been adequately explained.” In fact, a file held by the Haines Police Department contains the citizens’ complaint against four Assembly members for […]
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Drug-sniffing dog is business as usual
Suddenly the Haines Police Department has abandoned its claim to urge for a compassionate paradigm shift. At the April 12 meeting of the Public Safety Commission, the chief and two officers lobbied for obtaining a police dog to aid in drug use/abuse detection and prosecution—an estimated $40,000 (and more) hit on the borough budget. Just a few […]
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Remember that kindness matters
On behalf of the family of Rick Martin, we would like to thank the officers of the Haines Police Department, the dock crew from the borough, the Nash family for the donations from their fundraiser, the American Legion and Auxiliary, the Haines School District, and those brave enough to share their stories in the aftermath of this […]
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Assembly again rejects state money for policing
The Haines Borough Assembly this week rejected for the second time an offer from the state Department of Public Safety to take $25,000 in exchange for accepting police responsibility across the borough. Borough manager Debra Schnabel reintroduced the contract that would require the borough to fund borough-wide policing for the one-time payment. “From my perspective it seems less and […]
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Assembly again rejects state money for policing
The Haines Borough Assembly this week rejected for the second time an offer from the state Department of Public Safety to take $25,000 in exchange for accepting police responsibility across the borough. Borough manager Debra Schnabel reintroduced the contract that would require the borough to fund borough-wide policing for the one-time payment. “From my perspective it seems less and […]