Why Juneau’s garbage bears and parking scofflaws may catch a break

Community service officers are a subset of Juneau police. They don’t carry guns or make arrests. But they do enforce laws — like parking and garbage — and help with community outreach.
And sometimes that means they have to deal with trash-rummaging bears.
http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2017/06/19CSO.mp3A black bears claws its way into a trash can in the Mendenhall Valley on June 12. (Photo by Carter Barrett/KTOO)
A black bear claws its way into a non-bear resistant tras