Frozen Enforcement
 Just as the sun was starting to light up the community of Kotzebue, Alaska around noon on January 4, 2012, four troopers were preparing their snowmachines for a trip out into the deathly cold backcountry. An arrest warrant stemming from a Kotzebue Police Department investigation required the apprehension of 40-year-old James Darin Monroe. Monroe allegedly sexually assaulted a 3-year-old child on Christmas Day then fled from the community.
Monroe's whereabouts were unknown until a search and rescue party located him at a cabin 22 miles up the Noatak River the day before. Monroe had a .357 magnum revolver with him and he refused to return to the village with the searchers. It was up to troopers to track him down and bring him in.
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Kentucky Puppies Named After Alaska State Troopers
There is a litter of Alaska State Troopers in Kentucky that is in need of a good home. Inspired by the show on the National Geographic channel, the Humane Society of Nelson County in Bardstown, Ky. named six puppies after troopers, most of whom were featured on the show. Several of the junior volunteers with the Humane Society of Nelson County are fans of the show, according to Laura Higgason, the education coordinator and dog trainer for the Humane Society. After six tiny Blue Heeler mix puppies were anonymously dropped off at the shelter one night, the young volunteers wanted to name them after Alaska State Troopers.
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Colony High School Students Get Lesson in Distracted Driving
On November 16, 2011, teens at Colony High School took the wheel of electric
carts to learn how impairment affects their driving. The Alaska State Troopers
partnered with Colony High School to put on a DUI and distracted driving presentation.
Sergeant Dan Cox from the Alaska Bureau of Highway Patrol doled out his good
advice on what not to do while driving on Alaska's roads. To show a gym full of
highschoolers exactly what he was talking about, he had four students assist him
in proving his points. He had the participating students drive an obstacle course
on a small electrical cart while texting and driving, wearing the "drunk goggles" which blurs vision, holding a small dog and being distracted by a friend along for
the ride.
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