The city has a population of 3,600. The police department was formed in 1969. Prior to that, police services were supplied by the Alaska State Troopers, and in territorial days by the U.S. Marshals Service.
The department operates one of the largest state contract jails and receives prisoners from an area of about 32,000 square miles.
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