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  2. Crime in Alaska - Wikipedia

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    Crime in Alaska. Crime in Alaska has attracted significant attention, both within the state and nationally, due to its unique challenges and higher crime rates compared to the rest of the United States. [1] A sparsely populated state with vast wilderness areas, Alaska poses particular difficulties for law enforcement and social service agencies.

  3. Fairbanks, Alaska - Wikipedia

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    Website. fairbanksalaska.us. Fairbanks is a home rule city and the borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States. [6] Fairbanks is the largest city in the Interior region of Alaska and the second largest in the state. The 2020 Census put the population of the city proper at 32,515 [7] and the population of the ...

  4. List of U.S. states and territories by violent crime rate

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    Violent crime rate by state (2022) [1] This is a list of U.S. states and territories by violent crime rate. It is typically expressed in units of incidents per 100,000 individuals per year; thus, a violent crime rate of 300 (per 100,000 inhabitants) in a population of 100,000 would mean 300 incidents of violent crime per year in that entire population, or 0.3% out of the total.

  5. New statewide data tells mixed story about crime in Alaska - AOL

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    Oct. 31—New state data shows Alaska's overall crime rate continues to fall, but some forms of violent crime, including murder, are up. The Alaska Department of Public Safety's annual Crime in ...

  6. History of Fairbanks, Alaska - Wikipedia

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    The history of Fairbanks, the second-largest city in Alaska, can be traced to the founding of a trading post by E.T. Barnette on the south bank of the Chena River on August 26, 1901. The area had seen human occupation since at least the last ice age, but a permanent settlement was not established at the site of Fairbanks until the start of the ...

  7. List of United States cities by crime rate - Wikipedia

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    The following table of United States cities by crime rate is based on Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) statistics from 2019 for the 100 most populous cities in America that have reported data to the FBI UCR system. [1] The population numbers are based on U.S. Census estimates for the year end.

  8. List of law enforcement agencies in Alaska - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Alaska. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 50 law enforcement agencies employing 1,298 sworn police officers, about 189 for each 100,000 residents.

  9. Alaska Department of Public Safety - Wikipedia

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    dps.alaska.gov. The Alaska Department of Public Safety is a law enforcement agency with its usual focus being the protection of life, property and wildlife resources in the state of Alaska in the United States. The Alaska Department of Public Safety is under the direction of Commissioner James Cockrell. [1]