Denise Koch
11:34 - 12:02
"We know that there are potentially some encampments in that area that keep popping up. There are some knife slits to the face of the HESCO barriers."
“We know that there are potentially some encampments in that area that keep popping up. There are some knife slits to the face of the HESCO barriers.”
- Speaker
- Denise Koch
- Timestamp
- 11:34 – 12:02
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Juneau
- Captured at
- August 12, 2026
From the transcript
They have evaluated the HESCO barriers. There is no damage to the HESCO barriers in that location. The second item area that we spent some special attention on is going back to the HESCO barriers near Clinton and Vintage. We know that there are potentially some encampments in that area that keep popping up. There are some knife slits to the face of the HESCO barriers.
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