New trooper boss talks priorities on first day

The Alaska State Troopers have a new boss: Longtime trooper Hans Brinke is now Col. Brinke, the head of an organization he joined 26 years ago as a recruit.
Brinke said Tuesday, his first day on the new job, that he was receiving a lot of information.
“Drinking from a fire hose, swallowing what I can, and trying to hope for the best,” Brinke said.
Brinke has worked as a K9 cop and drug investigator, moved up the ranks to captain, and, most recently, was a detachment commander in Palm