Police

The Fairbanks City Council adopted its spending plan for 2025 at Monday night’s regular meeting, with public safety departments and the city’s financial future headlining the discussions.

As police reform continues across the country, the Alaska Association of Police Chiefs is trying to write a statewide policy manual. The goal is to provide police departments, big and small, consistent guidelines for Use of Force, equipment and vehicles.

Law enforcement officers are asking the public to build a new training facility. At an online meeting Thursday, engineers will review 10 possible sites in…

Repeated cases of actual or alleged police brutality, have spurred conversation about officer worn body cameras across the U.S. As KUAC’s Karen Simmons…

Fairbanks’s mayor and police chief rolled out a new approach to law enforcement last night. The community policing program is getting started in…

Anchroage, AK - Fairbanks City Mayor John Eberhart addressed close to 3000 people Thursday during the opening remarks at this year’s Alaska Federation of…

The Mayor the City of Fairbanks has chosen a man with extensive law enforcement experience in the south to lead the police department. KUAC’s Dan Bross…

The 2 finalists vying to be the city of Fairbanks next Police Chief answered questions during a public forum last (Mon 9-29) night. As KUAC’s Dan Bross…

A new agreement narrowly approved Monday by the Fairbanks City Council will reduce overtime and give the city’s police officers and dispatchers a break on…

Fairbanks, AK - It’s not illegal to carry a concealed weapon in Alaska and the state doesn’t require a permit. But according to a seventeen-year-old…