Radhika Krishna
153:36 - 153:57
"The foot patrol began this last April as a pilot project, which was funded by the TIPS program, which was part of the bed tax. And those funds are— there's only a small portion remaining, and they're due to be spent down very soon. In just its first 6 weeks, officers made over 1,800 contacts."
“The foot patrol began this last April as a pilot project, which was funded by the TIPS program, which was part of the bed tax. And those funds are— there's only a small portion remaining, and they're due to be spent down very soon. In just its first 6 weeks, officers made over 1,800 contacts.”
- Speaker
- Radhika Krishna
- Timestamp
- 153:36 – 153:57
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- October 20, 2026
From the transcript
The Downtown Partnership is a nonprofit organization that represents more than 800 business and property owners within downtown Anchorage, and public safety is the top priority of our board and our members. I'm here to testify tonight in support of continuing the downtown foot patrols, which started this year into 2027 and permanently beyond that. The foot patrol began this last April as a pilot project, which was funded by the TIPS program, which was part of the bed tax. And those funds are— there's only a small portion remaining, and they're due to be spent down very soon. In just its first 6 weeks, officers made over 1,800 contacts.
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