In a confirmation hearing Wednesday, members of the Senate Judiciary Committee put questions to Veronica Lambertsen about social media posts going several years back.
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Nominee for Alaska Police Standards Council defends conspiracy theories
Veronica Lambertsen defended conspiracy theories around the Holocaust, blood-harvesting from children and the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Alaska correctional officer smuggled drugs and phones into prison, charges say
According to federal charges, the officer smuggled Suboxone strips and burner cellphones for an inmate serving a 100-year sentence for two first-degree murder convictions.
State announces which services will cease in shutdown; industry leaders call for legislators to act to avert losses
Travel industry advocate says a shutdown would be “effectively cutting the cord of our microphone right now as we are saying to the world: ‘Go big, go Alaska.'”
Alaska requires that DNA be collected from people arrested for violent crimes. Many police agencies have ignored that.
By failing to collect those DNA samples, law enforcement has left Alaska’s DNA database with crucial gaps, allowing at least one serial rapist to go undetected.
Sitka fired a police officer for assaulting prisoners, then they hired him back to work in the jail
The police officer initially lost his job and his certification over allegations of excessive force against prisoners, but a legal loophole prevents the state from taking action.





