
Speaker A
30:14 - 31:04
"Creation of the Anchorage Public Safety Partnership Commission, AO 2026-62S, is on the agenda for the assembly's consideration. This ordinance would create a modern version of the Public Safety Advisory Commission that existed for many years. This commission would be a forum for the community and our public safety agencies to work together and come up with solutions to help make Anchorage a safer place for everyone to live."
“Creation of the Anchorage Public Safety Partnership Commission, AO 2026-62S, is on the agenda for the assembly's consideration. This ordinance would create a modern version of the Public Safety Advisory Commission that existed for many years. This commission would be a forum for the community and our public safety agencies to work together and come up with solutions to help make Anchorage a safer place for everyone to live.”
But we must make sure we are part of the community impact program so we can address housing shortages, classroom sizes, and effects on our public safety services as thousands of people move to the municipality. Creation of the Anchorage Public Safety Partnership Commission, AO 2026-62S, is on the agenda for the assembly's consideration. This ordinance would create a modern version of the Public Safety Advisory Commission that existed for many years. This commission would be a forum for the community and our public safety agencies to work together and come up with solutions to help make Anchorage a safer place for everyone to live. Thank you to Member Perez-Verdía and Chair Brawley for the many hours you have worked to incorporate feedback from my team into the proposal.
After hearing emotional testimony from families who lost loved ones to police shootings, the Anchorage Assembly voted 8-4 Tuesday to postpone debate on a substitute version of a public safety oversight commission that would give APD and other agencies voting seats.

The Anchorage Assembly voted 11-1 Tuesday to transfer a 9.6-acre Heritage Land Bank parcel to Alaska Natural Burial, a nonprofit that will create Anchorage's first natural burial cemetery. The move addresses the city's burial space shortage after Anchorage Memorial Park reached capacity and a 2024 cemetery bond failed.
