The Anchorage Police Department is turning to the public for help naming a potential new “crime-fighter” — an ermine that found its way into a police vehicle.

The Anchorage Police Department issued a statement warning locals of an agitated black bear in neighborhoods in East Anchorage. The bear was captured and put down.

The mayor of Anchorage, Alaska, promised reform after a 16-year-old girl was shot and killed by police on Tuesday night, marking the city's sixth officer-involved shooting this year and the fourth ...

Evans, the president of the Anchorage Police Department Employees Association, said he was dismayed the mayor apologized when an investigation into the shooting had only just begun.

An ermine hopped into an Alaska police vehicle, and name suggestions started pouring in. Screengrab from Anchorage Police Department's video The Anchorage Police Department is turning to the ...