PERF report recommends 67 more APD patrol positions

A new report on policing in Anchorage says the city needs dramatically more officers to meet its public safety goals.
“This bolsters what we’ve been saying,” Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz said.
Berkowitz campaigned on building up the Anchorage Police Department’s staffing levels after declines during the Sullivan Administration.
The new report by the non-partisan policy group the Police Executive Research Forum—or PERF as it’s more commonly known—is an