Alaska State Troopers don’t slow down over Memorial Day Weekend

It’s a busy time of year for Alaska State Trooper Pierre Burkett.
“Reason why I stopped you, it is 55 miles per hour through here, you were doing 67,” Burkett told a driver after pulling him over on the Knik-Goose Bay Road Monday.
He said traffic “has been behaving itself” over the long holiday weekend, but he did have some speeders, stop sign runners. He said he hasn’t seen very many aggressive drivers.
He patrols the stretch of road from Wasilla out to Mile