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I have been watching Alaska state troopers for a while , and I know the show doesn't represent State of Alaska.
one question , why some 'victims' are nasty to troopers ?
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Just the way Alaskans roll.

Mostly because they have always been in trouble with the law - or their whole family has been. LEO is "the Enemy".

I have seen some amazing things , 10 drunks in a boat ran out of gas and they would have freeze to death if trooper wasn't there and none of them had life jackets.
he even offered them FREE life jackets and they were still nasty to him.

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Because people are crazy and high.

I got my driver's license testing with an AK Trooper. I had to parallel park along a gravel road! That phugg had the nerve to ask me how I learned to drive without a permit! Total power trip!







JK, he was a good guy.

Possibly because it's a "reality" show and drama is their main offering. If they only showed the clips where people were friendly and respectful no one would watch.

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Sheeeit.......watch Live PD and you will see that trash is trash no matter what state in the country.

I've never had a good experience with any brown shirt I've encountered.

90% of a cops time is spent with the lowest 3% of the population.

I was having a few drinks in a parked car with a friend ( early 70s ) , my friend opened the driver side door , farted and closed the door.
he didn't realize there was an officer standing there or walking by. officer ordered both of us out and claimed we insulted him. a crowed gathered and after they heard what the issue was they started laughing and more people joined in. the officer whispered to me lets walk toward the station and I will let you go, the crowd is getting out of hand.
we did and came back to the car to finish our vodka. True story.

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I never had one be ugly to me.

I've been to Alaska twice. Drove lots of miles, talked to lots of Alaskans. They seemed like pretty good folks to me. Friendly enough. Of course everywhere I travel, rural folks are just about always outgoing and friendly, especially out west. Even rural California. They might act different I guess if I were a state trooper although I have to say that probably 90+ percent of the folks I dealt with in my 30 years as a state game warden were decent and friendly. I will say this about rural Alaska people, a lot of them are junk and scrap hoarders. There must not be much of a scrap iron market in Alaska or maybe the hauling distance is cost prohibitive. There are a lot of house places stacked up with old cars, bicycles, barrels, etc.
















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I did mention they don't represent Alaska.

......+1...... Sort of like "NFL Drama Theater" .

http://www.newsminer.com/news/alask...1c754f8-b353-11e2-ab6c-0019bb30f31a.html

Check out this vid clip in that feature. Then consider that one of these troopers had a 70 year-old woman arrested, sight unseen, by an untrained local village 'police officer', a woman who had never had any previous interaction with the law. And then this old woman, two stents in her heart, a metal rod in her back, was held in a very questionable holding 'cell' for nearly 24 hours before she was heard in 'court' telephonically. All because she tried to remove a family member who had become unruly from her home.

Then the same dude...er, trooper, came and arrested our daughter for failure to address a warrant she had paid in full 4 months previously, and hauled her to Nome where she was held long enough (overnight) for the judge to say, "Why is she here? Release her!"

AST has a hard time recruiting, but they're also very reluctant to clean house.

We had several structure entered and/or broken into this summer, guns stolen, arson.....$20,000 loss at a minimum........I politely refused Branch's services so that someone whom I could trust would have a look. And I never saw any trooper all summer.

AST is generally a good organization - or at least that's what I try to tell myself. But they are also their own worst enemy.

Not many places to dispose of 'junk and scrap', in case you hadn't noticed.

Because they represent the 2% of the schitthead population that we in LE have to spend 90% of our time on.

It's very rare that you roll up on an "innocent" victim. Most of them are getting done unto them what they did unto someone else in previous recent history.

You have failed to mention the grant programs (i.e.: Free money) which sometimes pays for rural clean-up efforts and recycling. Hauling tons of steel and squashed pop cans back 'outside' for recycling.

On a personal note, I have had some success 'returning' scrap copper to outside sources which were worth the time and expense. I did have a few nice solid hunks of aluminum which I mailed out for recycling one time, hoping to make a few dollars. I think I 'earned' $8 on $11 shipping. Often, the places which people disparage for their unsightliness are also often the first places people go when they need something, since it often isn't possible to drive down to a local hardware store or whatever.