At Least 14 Alaskan Villages, Including Stebbins, Exposed as Having Illegally Hired Police with Criminal Records

By R.C.

Sun, Jul 21, 2019 10:41 p.m.

ProPublica and the Anchorage Daily News reported Thursday that at least 14 Alaska villages, including Stebbins, have hired police with criminal records, a violation of state hiring requirements. In eight other communities, tribes have hired tribal police

Cops in One Village Have Been Convicted of 70 Crimes. Here's What They Had to Say About It. by Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News STEBBINS, Alaska — No gun. No training. $14 an hour. If there were better jobs to be had, city police officers in this Bering Strait village say they'd apply for them. But working as a village police officer is one of the few options available. Especially for those with fresh criminal records or felony rap sheets. "I made a change in my life. I don't use drugs. I don't drink," said Officer Delbert Acoman,... www.msn.com