Mat-Su Borough Assembly approved putting language on the October 2 ballot to let voters weigh in on whether they want additional law enforcement in Mat-Su. The ballot measure, proposed by Assembly member Jim Sykes, is in response to a Justice Center
report showing the need for increased Trooper staffing. The workload-based staffing model for Alaska State Troopers B Detachment, developed in a report authored by
Troy Payne, associate director of the
Alaska Justice Information Center and Justice faculty, is featured in the April 2018
Alaska Justice Forum. Responses to the study have been the subject of recent KTVA news and other media reports:
