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In mid-March, expert K9 trainers from Washington State traveled North to Alaska to provide world-class training to Alaska search and rescue dogs during the annual Mel Nading Memorial K9 Avalanche Rescue Workshop. The annual workshop put on by MAT+SAR, a volunteer search and rescue organization in the Mat-Su Valley, honors Alaska Department of Public Safety Pilot Mel Nading who was tragically killed in the line of duty in a helicopter crash in 2013.
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Annual Crime in Alaska Report Shows 18.5% Decrease in Crime

September 20, 2021 (Anchorage, AK) – The Department of Public Safety has published the 2020 Crime in Alaska report, the annual report on instances of crime in Alaska reported a decrease in... Read More

High-Visibility Traffic Enforcement Effort Concludes with DUI Arrests and More

September 13, 2021 (ANCHORAGE) – This year’s annual anti-DUI campaign Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over, a national high-visibility enforcement effort, ended last week with 22 DUI... Read More

Halfway Stats for National Anti-DUI Campaign

August 30, 2021 (ANCHORAGE) – During the first half of the 18-day campaign, Alaska State Troopers and Alaska Wildlife Troopers have been patrolling Alaska’s roadways looking for... Read More

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