The story in Anchorage Alaska which occured during the times of 1920 till around 1975 is a story that shows a police department with little staff as well as money and lack of technological advances that we have today. The sheriff in Anchorage was a one man police department. His salary was around 200.00 a month which in todays world is no where near what a police officer makes a year. It is clear to see that back then they did not have the money for a whole staff which is why there was only one sheriff. In todays case the police department has hundreds of members on staff and the lack of help is rare. The crimes commited today can be assisted quicker than they could back in the day because not only do we now have more people on staff but we also have methods of transportation. In anchorage in the 1930s most business was taken care of on foot by the sheriffs. It was not until 1935 that the first police car equipped with lights and sirens came into the picture. Today there are hundreds of different police patrol cars and trucks and motorcycles. Our police department is under a 24 hour working system because we can now afford unlike back then. Having police always available allows for less crimes to be commited as well as help to come faster and easier. Although we now have more advancements in technology we still face many problems with criminals because they too are very involved in technology and some of the best criminals get away with what they do because they are pretty smart. Issues with technology back then would not even be brought up because the technology is not nearly as advanced as it is today. Even though our world has gone through a lot of change there are still problems today like there were problems in the old days they are just different and are on a different importance scale.
VP & JW
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We learned that like many other states that Alsaka was no different when it came to the economic status in the past. As years have advance so has the technology and they have also utilized this by doing things such as having all kinds of different patrol cars. Another way that they use to take advantage over the economic status today is have more police officers to enforce the law. Before there was not enough money to pay for a full team of police but in the present day that problem does not seem to exsist.
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