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THE DPS NEWSLETTER ALASKA the DPS Newsletter Welcome a Department of Public Safety Publication Winter/Spring 2009 THE DPS NEWSLETTER ALASKA The DPS Newsletter WELCOME A Department of Public Safety publication "Public Safety through Public Service" Winter/Spring 2009 Retired Troopers ride for AlaskaInside State StoriesTroopers, Fallen Crime Lab Accomplishments Santa deliver Christmas Heros Page 6 to villages Page 46 Page 23 Taco Libre wins Kodiak contest Page 35 1 THE DPS NEWSLETTER Winter/Spring 2009 what's in From the Commissioner's Desk the quarterly A new year has begun and Alaska is busy Together with our volunteers, military and DPS joins Challenge 3 celebrating its Golden Anniversary. community organizations, 752 responders Commissioner’s Office 4 However, before statehood occurred, have committed over 8,000 person hours Final Leg 5 law enforcement was already in place. and 800 aircraft hours to ensure the safe Crime Lab 6 In 1941 the Alaska Highway Patrol was return of our visitors, family members AST Promotions/Bids 8 formed. In many ways, the Department and friends. Many of the rescuers AST Chaplaincy 9 of Public Safety is much like the original are dedicated volunteers who risk Anchorage JS 9 Alaska Highway Patrol. It is made Commissioner their lives and livelihoods to rescue Academy 10 up of individuals who hold onto the Joe Masters other Alaskans and visitors during SAR ABI 12 Alaska dream and have an incredible operations. This success is largely due to A Detachment 17 dedication to keeping all the people of Alaska safe. the constant training and commitment by these B Detachment 18 At statehood, the Alaska State Police included 78 organizations. C Detachment 22 commissioned officers. Fast forward to today — In 2008, Alaska State Troopers investigated and D Detachment 28 there are nearly 400 Alaska State Troopers and solved all of the 13 death investigations classified E Detachment 30 Alaska Wildlife Troopers and another 59 Court as willful homicides and are working with smaller AWT 34 Services Officers for handling prisoner transports, agencies that lack the resources with six more. Fire & Life Safety 40 writ services and courtroom protection. We are The diversity of the location and types of cases in Statewide Services 43 dedicated to hiring and training hardworking men the past year have tested our ability to respond to, Administrative Services 44 and women to provide law enforcement in the Last investigate and resolve these extremely complex In Other News 44 Frontier. We are now in the process of filling the cases. These cases require the collaboration of crime - Births 45 last of our vacant commissioned positions that will lab personnel, investigators and sometimes members - Patriot Guard Riders 46 carry DPS into this new fiscal year staffed unlike of other police agencies. Our continued success - Years of Service 49 we have ever been. That is a great accomplishment attests to the diligent and tireless work conducted by and represents the dedication and teamwork of all the Department’s staff throughout the state. of our employees and our recruitment unit. In 2009, the Division of Alaska State Troopers In addition to posting Troopers in rural Alaska, received a $4.8 million, five-year grant from we are pushing to increase the number of Village the Alaska Highway Safety Office to focus on Public Safety Officers who are the first responders reducing highway fatalities and serious crashes to public safety emergencies in the Bush such as and to facilitate forward momentum on the state's on the web search and rescue, fire, medical issues and law Highway Safety Plan. The result was the creation http://www.dps.state.ak.us/ enforcement support. The presence of VPSOs since of the Bureau of Highway Patrol. Two existing PIO/ the programs inception in the late 1970s has had traffic safety teams in Fairbanks and the Mat-Su - Troopers Share Excitement a significant impact on improving the quality of Valley were reassigned to become the start of the of Iditarod life in the participating villages over the years. At newest Bureau within the Alaska State Troopers. - Road Wise Alaska one time, there were 124 funded VPSO positions Another team is planned for the Kenai Peninsula. Campaign to provide services to rural communities. That AST and five municipal law enforcement agencies - DPS Highlighted through number fluctuated greatly over the years. There are working toward a partnership that will provide TV Productions are 52 VPSOs presently employed, up from 45 more resources to bring more efficient and focused - Preparing for the Worst: the previous year and we are working with the traffic enforcement to the roadways in Alaska. The Avalanche Training 10 Native nonprofit corporations in hiring new ultimate goal is to bring the number of fatal and - Rescue at Sharatin VPSOs during 2009 to both fill vacancies and in serious-injury collisions on Alaska’s roads down Mountain extending presence to additional villages. Last July, to zero. This is a lofty goal, but it is one worth the - Safe Harbors: Fisheries the starting hourly wage was increased from $17 to hard work needed to obtain it. and Hunting Enforcement in $21, which has been highly instrumental in helping This Department is only able to meets its the Southeast to reduce the total number of vacant positions and mission because of the combined efforts and - Volunteeers, Troopers turnover within the program. dedication of all its members. The non-sworn Complete Sucessful Search Alaskans since statehood have exemplified employees provide the technological, business and and Rescues the spirit of cooperation and volunteerism by administrative support that without, the trooper coming together in emergencies to help those in on the road would be unable to carry out his or need. That spirit still exists today. The Department her assignments. Together, we face a new year of of Public Safety participated in over 740 Search challenges and successes. on the cover and Rescue related events during 2008, resulting To all, this is a time not only to celebrate our Waves of crevases dot in 289 lives saved. The state relies heavily upon 50th year of statehood, but to embrace and carry the Knik Glacier. our search and rescue partners to insure rapid forward the frontier spirit that still thrives within and professional response to these serious events. us today for the next 50 years. 2 Winter/Spring 2009 THE DPS NEWSLETTER DPS members take steps to raise obesity awareness by beth Ipsen. pio Deputy Commissioner John Glass healthy living. braved negative 26 degree temperatures on Seven DPS members were among the 80 New Years Day to do his part in a campaign members of Alaska’s executive staff, including designed to draw attention to the growing issue Gov. Sarah Palin, to participate in the challenge. of obesity in America. Other DPS members were Commissioner Glass also got up at 3:30 a.m. to run his Joe Masters; AST Director Col. Audie dogs for three miles before work, and then ran Holloway; Sue Stancliff, special assistant them three more miles after work or walk on to the Commissioner; and Terry Vrabec, the treadmill sometimes until 11 p.m. to try executive director of the Alaska Police Standards and reach the daily goal for the challenge. He Council. estimates it took him 11.6 miles to get the goal All had a small pedometer affixed to their of 30,000 miles. shoe or belt during the contest, logging miles He wasn’t able to achieve the goal every walked not only during exercise, but also during day, but four other Alaskans, including Fire the work day. and Life Safety Director Dave Tyler and Bob “I am sure that many people would have Cockrell, head of the governor’s protective preferred I call, but no, I had to walk,” Glass security detail, managed to reach the goal said. every day of the Capitol Steps Challenge. Vrabec wore his pedometer when he taught Only 10 of the more than 400 people from 14 spinning classes at the gym, but only got credit for states participating in the challenge equaled Fire and Life Safety Director Dave half the cycles because it only counted the foot he that feat. Tyler proudly displays the pedometer had the pedometer on. Vrabec might have finished “I am truly amazed Bob Cockrell and Dave he continues to wear even after the higher than his 20-some ranking, but he lost his Tyler were able to manage and walk 30 K steps Capitol Steps Challenge is finished. original pedometer while on a glacier hike. He for the entire 14 days,” Glass said. “My hats off Tyler was among the 10 participants had to wait a few days until a replacement arrived, to them.” to log the maximum number of steps missing out on counting what he estimates was at Tyler said he did this by hitting the treadmill each day of the two-week competi- least 20,000 steps. His pedometer also had a hard at his house as early as 3:30 a.m. some days. He tion. More than 400 people in 14 states time counting miles he ran. also walked on a treadmill during lunch when participated in the campaign to raise “My pedometer does not like me (because) it he could and walked on it at night after work. awareness about childhood obesity. likes slower speeds,” he said. “When I run faster On the first day of the challenge, Tyler walked or teach a bike class it doesn’t give me ‘credit’ the over four miles from work to home in 16 below temperatures. for the steps.” Unfortunately, he only got credit for 3.9 miles of the trip. In the end, Tyler said the challenge inspired him to continue to The contest was started when Texas governor Rick Perry work out, but maybe not at the pace or frequency he did during the challenged other governors and their senior executive agency leaders two-week challenge.
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