Former Haines Police officer Adam Patterson,47, is rejoining the department this November. Patterson worked for the police department from 2012 through 2015, left in good standing and was recommended for re-hire, police chief Heath Scott said. Patterson was one of nine applicants. Scott and a hiring committee chose another applicant who turned down the job before Patterson […]
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Morphet seeks to terminate police service beyond townsite
The Haines Borough Assembly will discuss later this month whether or not to direct Haines Borough Police Chief Heath Scott to stop responding to calls for service outside the townsite and to direct dispatchers to refer all calls from outside the townsite to the Alaska State Troopers. Assembly member Tom Morphet made the motion after former borough assembly member […]
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Police chief calls on state troopers to clarify position
Haines Borough Police Chief Heath Scott said resistance to borough-wide police expansion is due to “misinformation that’s being circulated.” “I think one misconception is how much skin does (Alaska State Troopers) still have in the game,” Scott told the Haines Public Safety Commission last week. “If there is truly something dramatic that happens out the […]
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Police response outside of townsite under microscope
Haines Borough Police Chief Heath Scott warned the borough assembly not to “write legislation in blood” after some assembly and community members questioned the need for local, borough-wide police protection. Scott spoke during a Government Affairs and Services Committee meeting organized to address a borough-wide policing ordinance the borough assembly referred back to the committee. […]
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Union attempts to influence recall with attack ad
A statewide public employee union’s “Recall Tom Morphet” Facebook post is encouraging Haines voters to recall the assembly member for a reason not listed as the grounds for recall. Local 71 business representative Tom Brice said the advertisement is not about the grounds against Morphet in the local recall effort, but about Morphet’s breach of […]
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Expanded police service goes back to committee
The question of extending police service borough-wide won’t go before voters this October after the Haines Borough Assembly referred the issue back to committee. Borough staff recommended sending it back to the Government Affairs and Services Committee after several public meetings about the proposed ordinance to create a “community safety service area.” The issue began after the […]
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Police Report
Monday, Aug. 3 A resident reported his vehicle’s license plate had been stolen. The vehicle had been parked at a pullout on Lutak Road. A caller reported fireworks going off throughout the day in the downtown area. A person reported a man was skinny-dipping in the surf off Beach Road. Police responded, but the man had left. […]
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Borough-wide police protection, a guide
At the Haines Borough Assembly‘s direction, borough staff have drafted an ordinance that creates and funds a borough wide “community safety service area.” The issue could go before the voters this October, pending assembly approval of the measure. The ordinance comes after a handful of meetings centered around a vacant Alaska State Trooper position the state […]
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“Mr. Toad” performance opens Friday
“If you make people laugh, you know you’re doing the right thing.” That’s how Selby Long, 10, sums up her role as Mr. Toad, lead actor in this weekend’s production of “The Mad Adventures of Mr. Toad,” by Lynn Canal Community Players’ Summer Youth Theater Conservatory. The musical comedy is an adaptation of the “Wind in the […]
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Assembly censures Morphet
With little discussion, the Haines Borough Assembly unanimously voted Tuesday to censure member Tom Morphet for violating code and the borough’s contract with its union by releasing complaints about the Haines Police Department he had compiled from members of the public. Morphet submitted the complaints to interim manager Brad Ryan in April, then released them to reporters a week […]