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 police department has tried to increase its diversity over the past decade, but still 7 in 10 officers are white, far more than the city's population of 291,000, which is a little over half ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.