Governor Dunleavy Prioritizes Public Safety in Annual Address
Public Safety Remains Job Number One for the Dunleavy Administration
(Anchorage, AK) – Governor Mike Dunleavy highlighted a number of accomplishments and priorities of the Alaska Department of Public Safety during his annual State of the State Address. Since taking office the governor has charged his public safety team to continue to make public safety job number one for his administration.
“Governor Dunleavy has made it clear that the safety of all Alaskans is his top priority, and that is the goal that I have worked tirelessly towards over the last two years with the countless professionals that work for the Department of Public Safety,” said Alaska Department of Public Safety Commissioner Amanda Price. “I am proud of all that my department and its dedicated employees have accomplished to meet the governor’s charge and make Alaska a safer state.”
After 3 Years and $1 5 Million Testing Rape Kits, Alaska Made One New Arrest
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Alaskan Law Enforcement Ignore Law Requiring DNA Collection of Violent Arrestees
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Alaska Requires DNA Be Collected From People Arrested for Violent Crimes. Many Police Have Ignored That. ProPublica 12/31/2020
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Law enforcement agencies across Alaska, including in the state capital, are failing to collect DNA from people arrested for violent crimes, violating a state law passed with great fanfare in 2007 that was going to put Alaska at the leading edge of solving rape cases.