Anchorage alaska gangs. District court for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute drugs in. Carson says gang activity was particularly high in the early 2000s but has declined since then. Were always going to have.
Statistical data include where available at the time the data were collected. As the largest city in interior alaska violent crime has continued to steadily rise in recent years. Roughly 1 in 26 residents have the chance of falling victim to a property crime.
Federal authorities in alaska have filed criminal charges against a total of 20 people connected to a white supremacist gang operating in state run prisons as well as on the outside according to. The ceremonial start for the iditarod is on march 4 so getting transportation will be more difficult than normal. The former head of the anchorage police departments gang unit said it appears that the city is experiencing an upsurge in gang violence.
Anchorage alaska ap the fbi says it has seen an uptick in gang activity in anchorage with most of the crime centered on drugs. As you know alyeska is a ski resort. A dozen people who allegedly claimed allegiance to a local anchorage gang called the fairview mob have been sentenced in us.
Gang statistics for anchorage alaska the following page presents statistics and interpretations on the activity of gangs in anchorage in alaska including information relating to overall numbers per capita numbers approximate gang membership locations and any correlations between gang activity and the demographic and socio economic environment of anchorage alaska. Fbi agent mike watson described anchorage as a melting pot for. Number of active gangs in the region number of youth gangs in the region number of active gang members in the county the approximate time period at which gangs first appeared.
You dont have to worry about gangs in this area. As cocaine and crack abuse surged in the 1980s so too did the number of gangs and gang members in what some alaskans began to refer to as los anchorage and as the violence associated with street level narcotics sales began to increase there was hesitation among law enforcement officials to apply the gang label to the new type of crimes they were seeing. Scott lofthouse who retired from the anchorage police.
With a population around 33000 this city is the second largest in alaska.