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Miles Smith

79:44 - 79:54

"Yeah, we don't have the resources. We don't have officers that could hang out at the landfill, you know, or even take those trips out there."

“Yeah, we don't have the resources. We don't have officers that could hang out at the landfill, you know, or even take those trips out there.”
Speaker
Miles Smith
Community
Alaska News
Location
Cordova
Captured at
August 5, 2026

From the transcript

Yeah, we don't have the resources. We don't have officers that could hang out at the landfill, you know, or even take those trips out there. Fishing game.

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