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Understaffed and overworked: the Fairbanks Police Department works to hire new officers John Dougherty © Provided by Fairbanks KTVF FPD is currently 11 positions understaffed, but Chief Ron Dupee is hopeful that soon they can fill some of those positions. FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) - Staffing issues at the Fairbanks Police Department have forced officers to work extra hours to try to keep Fairbanks safe. The department is short 11 positions from total of the 45 they are budgeted for. Fairbanks Police Chief Ron Dupee told us, “Staffing shortages create over-time. It creates ...

“We just separate the leadership away from the rank and file,” Chief of Staff Mike Meeks explained during the meeting.

Four former employees — including former Fairbanks Police Chief Nancy Reeder — stepped forward to talk about gender-based discrimination in the police department to support the claim of Alana Malloy, who quit and sued the city earlier this week. Former Detective Malloy, who has worked for the department for 16 years, left the department and filed a complaint Monday, saying that she experienced “hostility and retaliation” after “standing up against sexual harassment and discrimination,” according to her resignation letter and complaint filed in Alaska Superior Cou...

ANCHORAGE (AP) — The only female detective in the Fairbanks Police Department cited relentless sexual harassment when quitting on the spot Monday. Alana Malloy, a 16-year department veteran, also cited retaliation after she spoke up as other grounds for her resignation Monday, Alaska's News Source reported. She also has filed a lawsuit against the department. "It's unfortunate that any female officer should feel like they have to put up with a certain amount of this just to participate in this field," Malloy said. "While I acknowledge former Detective Malloy's contributions to the depart...

Fairbanks detective cites sexual harassment in resignation May 25, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The only female detective in the Fairbanks Police Department cited relentless sexual harassment when quitting on the spot Monday. Alana Malloy, a 16-year department veteran, also cited retaliation after she spoke up as other grounds for her resignation Monday, Alaska’s News Source reported. She also has filed a lawsuit against the department. “It’s unfortunate that any female officer should feel like they have to put up with a certain amount of this just to participate...