D.B. Cooper
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This on the heels of my previous thread. One of the local governments, in response to citizens' claims of inadequate policing and high crime, just passed a resolution encouraging every eligible citizen to "maintain a firearm together with ammunition" to deter crime. (I mean, unless you're a teacher in a public school, then, you know...don't.)
The back story is the borough (county) is about the size of Arkansas and the local government provides absolutely no law enforcement at all. (Two of the cities within that borough have a local PD.) They instead rely on the AK State Troopers, who are in the midst of a staffing shortage to the point there may only be five troopers on duty for the entire jurisdiction. Subsequently, the local government, rather than creating a sheriff's department (which has been discussed and opposed by tax payers) is now encouraging everyone to carry a gun and get training as a sort of jurisdiction-wide deterrent to crime.
One of the local legislators wants to create a Reserve Trooper or Voluntary Police officer program. (Which we touched on in my recent discussion of arming teachers in AK as some sort of voluntary teacher-cop combined position.) Things are definitely getting weird. I've heard of a town in GA that requires, by law, every home to be armed, but I always felt that was some sort of urban legend. This might be the first I've ever heard of government encouraging gun ownership in any sort of official statment/capacity.
Link to the article: https://alaskapublic.org/2024/01/18...residents-to-arm-themselves-amid-crime-fears/
The original text of the resolution (The original text is tldr) is linked in the article)
The back story is the borough (county) is about the size of Arkansas and the local government provides absolutely no law enforcement at all. (Two of the cities within that borough have a local PD.) They instead rely on the AK State Troopers, who are in the midst of a staffing shortage to the point there may only be five troopers on duty for the entire jurisdiction. Subsequently, the local government, rather than creating a sheriff's department (which has been discussed and opposed by tax payers) is now encouraging everyone to carry a gun and get training as a sort of jurisdiction-wide deterrent to crime.
One of the local legislators wants to create a Reserve Trooper or Voluntary Police officer program. (Which we touched on in my recent discussion of arming teachers in AK as some sort of voluntary teacher-cop combined position.) Things are definitely getting weird. I've heard of a town in GA that requires, by law, every home to be armed, but I always felt that was some sort of urban legend. This might be the first I've ever heard of government encouraging gun ownership in any sort of official statment/capacity.
Link to the article: https://alaskapublic.org/2024/01/18...residents-to-arm-themselves-amid-crime-fears/
The original text of the resolution (The original text is tldr) is linked in the article)