Need for more police cited

TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2002

Testimony in a case challenging how Alaska Native communities are served by the justice system in Alaska continued on Monday.

Native leaders said more state troopers are needed in rural areas. Without a police presence, they testified that problems like bootlegging and alcoholism rise.

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