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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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Alaska State Police Commissioner Martin Underwood announced that unmarked patrol cars will be deployed in Ketchikan and Juneau within a week to address insufficient personnel for highway surveillance, aiming to reduce speeding and drag racing while ensuring troopers remain in uniform for visible patrols. Similar use planned for Anchorage and Fairbanks.
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JUNEAU (AP) - Unmarked patrol cars will go into service for the State Police in Ketchikan and Juneau in about one week, Commissioner of Public Safety Martin Underwood said today.
Insufficient personnel to properly patrol the highways was given as the reason for the unmarked cars. Underwood said his department just did not have sufficient monies to employ the number of patrolmen needed for surveillance of Alaska highways.
Underwood emphasized there would be no hunting nor hiding of the cars, only straight patrol activity. Troopers manning the vehicles would be in uniform.
Unmarked cars will be utilized in the Anchorage and Fairbanks areas as soon as they can be obtained, he said
"We are aware of speeding and drag racing on the highways," Underwood stated, "and we hope by using unmarked patrol cars we can cut this out and make the highways safe for the average driver."
Underwood added that, "ninety-nine per cent of the traffic problem is licked if a patrolman is on duty and can be seen by the driving public. I hope that using the unmarked cars we can achieve the same effect." Underwood concluded.
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Juneau
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Today
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deployment of unmarked patrol cars to reduce speeding and drag racing, making highways safer; no hunting or hiding, troopers in uniform.
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Unmarked patrol cars will enter service for State Police in Ketchikan and Juneau in about one week due to insufficient personnel and funding for highway surveillance. Plans to extend to Anchorage and Fairbanks. Aimed at cutting speeding and drag racing while maintaining visible patrol effect.