APD asks community where officers should spend their time

Anchorage will soon have new police officers on the streets and for some people, they couldn’t come soon enough. Back-to-back academies, including a graduation on Thursday, are pushing the numbers up.
APD spokeswoman Jennifer Castro said there are 40 more officers on the street then there were in January of 2015. She said by next fall Anchorage residents should see the effects of staffing levels at 400 officers, a staffing level the city hasn’t seen since 2009.
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