Alaska Native leaders seek U.S. attorney general’s help to fight rural crime

Police are scarce or absent in many rural Alaska communities, which have seen high rates of violent crime, especially against women.

By Yereth Rosen, Reuters May 30, 2019
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday promised Alaska Native leaders he would work to strengthen law enforcement in the state’s rural areas hit by alarmingly high rates of violent crime.

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