Anchorage Police Department & challenging community policing

Mission Statement:

The Anchorage Police Department's Mission is to protect and serve our community in the most professional and compassionate manner possible.
Anchorage Police Departmnet offer the following services to the community: Anchorage Crime Stoppers, Anchorage Municipal Code, and Vehicle Hotsheets.

Like many other departments, the Anchorage Police Department is moving from an emphasis on traditional law enforcement practices toward community-oriented policing, an approach that relies on officer-initiated efforts to reduce crime and public disorder. Community policing is a philosophy of policing that requires police officers to act with increased levels of autonomy and professional discretion to solve problems and to develop partnerships with the community. (University of Alaska Anchorage, 1997)

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