Posted on 08/01/2017 12:14:06 PM PDT by Morgana
The entire police force of Sand Point quit in July, leaving the town without any law enforcement presence.
Sand Point is an Aleutian island town of about 1,000 that swells by several hundred people during the summer commercial fishing and processing season. Until mid-July, it had a police force of three officers and a police chief.
Trouble started around July 10, when the first police officer quit when his military spouse was transferred out of state, said city manager Andy Varner.
Soon after, two police officers — a married couple — resigned from their jobs "to take care of some personal family issues."
That left police chief Roger Bacon.
But when Bacon opted to go on a long-planned monthlong vacation to Scotland, leaving the town without any police presence, Bacon and the city council made a "kind of mutual" decision that he wouldn't have a job when he returned, according to Varner.
"It wasn't that acrimonious," he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at adn.com ...
Alaska ping
It’s simple. Allow ‘working vacations’ to any cop and his family in the CONUS. They could do the same with MD’s in remote locations.
Well, it could be Adak, where there is no police force, no naval base, and probably no one else either.
He wanted to see if other wind-swept, mountainous, foggy, northern, oceanic climates were similar to those in his home.
Well, I’m guessing most people there are armed anyways, so there should be no problem with them keeping order.
Thank You for the Ping Morgana.
Alaska Ping.
has crime gone down?
You know what..?
I’ll bet no one even notices.
Maybe the dogs will.
Contrary to popular belief, life kept going on without a blip. Most places don’t need a standing army, er, I mean law enforcement.
So? My town has way more people than that and has no police. The county sheriff’s department gets the job done.
That is kinda funny. You live in the Aleutians, and go on vacation to Scotland. LOL
Welcome to the Sand Point Department of Public Safety!
The Sand Point Police Department is part of the City's Department of Public Safety (DPS),
and is comprised of the DPS Manager (or Chief of Police), two - four police officers, and
the office administrator:
Chief - Vacant and hiring
Officer I - Vacant and hiring
Officer II - Vacant and hiring
Administrative Assistant Denise Mobeck
Contact Information
Sand Point Police Department Box 423 Sand Point, Alaska 99661
Local Emergency Telephone: 911
Telephone: 907-383-3700
Fax: 907-383-5496
http://www.sandpointak.com/police.html
1. See if there are any Alaska registered/certified private security force companies who are willing to take a short term contract to provide policing for the town and for which the persons they supply would be deputized to act as the town’s lawful police force.
2. Continue item 1 until/unless a permanent force can be hired by the town.
Alaska State Troopers will be there in a few minutes to do the job.
Alaska doesn’t have counties.
Their presence doesn't prevent any crimes from happening; they are just around to fill out the paper work, after a [low level] crime occurs.
Their malfeasance drew national attention; they love making up the laws as they go along; often they are wrong.
Their presence doesn't prevent any crimes from happening; they are just around to fill out the paper work, after a [low level] crime occurs.
Their malfeasance drew national attention; they love making up the laws as they go along; often they are wrong.
Lucky town! Now they don’t have anyone around to protect the criminals!
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