The union’s president says low pay and staffing shortages are stretching the department beyond its limits and putting the public at risk.
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Police union holds town hall to discuss crime, staffing shortages
About 60 residents attended the town hall, and about a dozen spoke to union representatives from the Juneau Police Department and Alaska State Troopers about their experience with crime in the capital.
Homeowner discharges handgun to breakup violent dog fight
According to police Sgt. Sterling Salisbury, a man was dog-sitting a pit bull. He was walking the dog in the 4400 block of Columbia Boulevard, when another dog approached and started a “violent fight.”
Witness describes threat made by Christopher Strawn
The prosecution has rested its case in the homicide trial underway in Juneau Superior Court. Strawn, who was charged for Brandon Cook’s death in October 2015, now has a chance to present his own evidence and witnesses.