Victims of Justice Tree Ceremony
 Trooper Vic Aye salutes after attaching a red, white and blue ribbon on Monday representing crimes against those who serve in uniform, which has distinctive meaning this year after Village Public Safety Officer Tom Madole was shot to death in Manokotak on March 19. Every year during Alaska Crime Victims Rights Week, different colored ribbons representing 11 separate categories of violent crimes are attached to a choke cherry tree planted on the park strip in downtown Anchorage. Each year during ceremony guests are invited to tie ribbons of the different colors to the branches to represent themselves or others who have experienced violence. Pictured on the right is Capt. Barry Wilson, C Detachment Commander that covers Western Alaska. Wilson attached a purple ribbon representing victims of sexual assault. The troopers he commands investigated almost half of the Alaska State Troopers' sexual assault cases in 2012.
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Pioneer in the Last Frontier
A handful of women had already worn the uniform by the time Dianne Brown donned the trooper blue in 1978, however, there was still a lot of uncharted territory for female officers in Alaska. Despite not being the first woman trooper, Brown's career is littered with other firsts. Not only was she the first female sergeant, the earliest female to reach the rank of first sergeant, the first woman promoted to commander of the Statewide Criminal Investigations Unit and the first to make a career out of being an Alaska State Trooper. Her accomplishments helped pave the way for other women troopers to succeed.
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Caring for the Canines
Not ever owning a dog growing up, Trooper Joel Miner thought having a working K9 would be an awesome challenge. He quickly discovered two things within the first two weeks of getting his furry partner, Chevron: Police dogs are a lot of work and he is allergic to them.
"That was a big surprise. At first I thought it was a cold but it didn't go away," said Miner as he drove the back streets of a Wasilla neighborhood. "I wasn't about to quit and give up. I wanted to have a K9. I decided to get allergy shots."
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