Tales of the Alaska State Troopers
Tales of the Alaska State Troopers

Author: Peter B. Mathiesen

Publisher: Skyhorse

Published: 2015-02-10

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1632201453

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With the elements against them, the state troopers of Alaska face every day with a fight for their lives. In the state of Alaska, anything goes. For the state troopers, an average day can include blizzard conditions, midnight sunsets, and subzero temperatures. Tales of the Alaska State Troopers gives insight to just how the brave men and women of the law combat these conditions while still upholding their duties to the fine people of Alaska. Follow trooper Dan Valentine as he finds himself in the midst of a crisis when an abandoned truck holds more than just an old blanket on the passenger seat. Dan’s responsibility for the town of Trapper Creek becomes a fight for survival when he realizes the truck has enough explosives in it to make a small dent in the Alaska Range. With his fellow lawmen, Valentine not only must handle the situation, but he must also make sure that the citizens of Trapper Creek are evacuated from harm’s way. Tales of the Alaska State Troopers is rich in content and action. Anyone familiar with the life of a lawman or the state of Alaska will be fascinated with the way Mathiesen delivers his narrative. It’s all in a day’s work for troopers like Dan Valentine, who never know what a new day can bring.

Penny Files
Penny Files

Author: Ron, Walden

Publisher: Publication Consultants

Published: 2016-07-09

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 1594336253

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Captain Meadows had a worried call from an old friend and asked Trooper Penny Rossiter to stop on her way home after shift to check on the old man. It was eleven miles out Funny River Road to the home of Gus Sampson. Gus told the small red-haired, pretty, trooper he was worried about a friend who lived up the road, asking her to please check on him. She allowed Gus to ride along. Arriving at the cabin she asked him to wait while she checked it out. She found Will Goodson beaten to death in his own living room. Penny called the crime scene team to investigate. The five member team headed by David Haskins collected evidence as Penny took Gus back to his cabin. While returning home she had a call asking her to fly a search mission looking for two blond sisters and their young boys missing on Resurrection Trail between Hope and Cooper Landing, Alaska. This file, too, became a cold case. Later she went to the Goodson cabin to check on it and as she approached it she was fired upon and nearly killed. She was medically retired and David Haskins took up the search for the answers to her unsolved cases. His association with the young lady trooper, now lawyer, leads them to a personal affair and finally marriage. In the process he uncovers a drug ring, murdered drug dealers and users as well as an upstanding citizen who is somehow connected to all this illegal happening. This is an endless, frustrating chase from the first file to the last.

Courage and Conviction
Courage and Conviction

Author: L. Gary Gunkel

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 146854568X

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Gary Gunkel tells about his real-life experiences as a US Marine, an Anchorage City Policeman, an Alaska State Trooper, Chief of Police in small town Alaska and Sheriff of Asotin County, Washington. His stories are guaranteed to keep you turning the pages on call after call, and his sometimes hair-raising law enforcement experiences will keep you on the edge of your seat. And just when you think you have heard it all there will be another call that you can't imagine. You will discover how Gary handles a dangerous situation surrounded by 24 members of a motorcycle gang with the nearest backup over 200 miles away. Another time you will feel the experience of stopping 17 gang members on a main highway because they were displaying a sawed off shotgun. The amazing thing is all these calls are real life...there is no fiction involved. Gary has, on occasion, changed a name to protect someone's privacy, or sometimes a name is left out because he cannot recall it or has no way of getting the name. You will experience commercial fishing with his whole family for salmon in Bristol Bay and flying loads of fish off the beach in his plane. You will read about several live action and near-death aircraft incidents that you cannot believe happened to Gary and his family. He writes about bush flying experiences that will make you laugh, and some truly whacko ones that will make you shake your head as you go fishing, trapping and hunting with him. And through it all, you will come away with the understanding that everything Gary Gunkel did in law enforcement was professional, that he has a huge capacity for living life completely, and great love for his family.

Brothers of the Badge
Brothers of the Badge

Author: Ron Walden

Publisher: Publication Consultants

Published: 2015-04-07

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1594335400

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Bill Gant and Alan Pulis, both retired Alaska State Troopers are halibut fishing when they find a body floating in the rip at the center of Cook Inlet. They discover the victim, wearing a life preserver, has been shot in the back. Captain Rollin Caswell of the Alaska State Troopers recruits the retired men to investigate the case on a contract basis. They find the victim is a local banker and suspect the killing was a mob hit. A local waitress had been dating the banker and is found to be on the list of hit men. The investigation leads the investigators to New Jersey and to an organized crime boss, causing them to rely on the FBI and U.S. Marshals to assist in the investigation. From local intrigue to international banking the story winds leaving death and fear in its wake.

Tall Tales of an Alaska State Trooper
Tall Tales of an Alaska State Trooper

Author: Robert James Robertson

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2013-12-13

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 9781491087848

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In 1959, Robert J. Robertson moved his growing family from Spokane to Alaska for the promise of adventure and profit in a family construction business. When plans fell through, he joined the newly-formed Alaska State Troopers, first as a dispatcher and then as a uniformed Trooper. This book records his adventures and mishaps, or "Tall Tales," in the wry, sardonic voice befitting a rleuctant law enforcement officer on the Last Frontier.

I Will Go With You Into The Dark
I Will Go With You Into The Dark

Author: Debra Waltman

Publisher: Publication Consultants

Published: 2015-07-13

Total Pages: 115

ISBN-13: 1594335389

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The Waltmans are both tireless advocates for the chaplaincy program, and I thank them for the open communication and supporting efforts they have continuously demonstrated over the years. Major D. Casanovas, Deputy Director, Alaska State Troopers, Anchorage, Alaska *** The example set by Chaplains Boyd and Debra Waltman brings great credit to themselves and the Alaska State Troopers. Investigator Sherry Ferno, Alaska Bureau of Investigation, Alaska State Troopers, Anchorage, Alaska *** Chaplains Boyd and Debra Waltman demonstrated compassion and unwavering dedication and are true testaments of service to others before self. Casandra Byrne, former Executive Secretary to the Commissioner of Public Safety, Anchorage, Alaska *** In Alaska's cache of treasures, AST Chaplains Boyd and Debra Waltman and the AST Chaplaincy Program are shining gems, lifting up Alaska's finest law enforcement officers, their families, partner agencies, and the communities they serve. Jennifer Burkmire, Executive Director, The Children's Place CAC, Retired, Wasilla, Alaska *** Anyone desiring to serve as a law enforcement chaplains should read this book. Chaplain Boyd Waltman, Advisor Alaska State Trooper Chaplaincy

Alaka State Troopers
Alaka State Troopers

Author: Ron Walden

Publisher:

Published: 2022-10-10

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781957263366

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Alaska is an extremely large state with very remote locations where trouble may occur. The fishing grounds of Bristol Bay, the easternmost area of the Bering Sea, is one of those places. It's not uncommon to send large contingencies of Alaska State Troopers (AST) to quell some sort of seasonal "fish war". In this case, it left Alaska's Kenai Peninsula AST Detachment with personnel to handle active emergencies, but not enough to investigate serious crimes. The Detachment Captain opted to contract four retired Troopers to investigate local crimes. Their first case is the murder of a Soldotna, Alaska city police officer. As the Squad follows evidence to track the killer, each piece of evidence tips like dominoes into new leads, from one person to another and more crimes. The chain of events tests the skills of the Squad, as the investigation is compounded by challenges and threats from professional hitmen. This story is an exciting insight into the investigative process, the value of experience, character and maturity with the retired Alaska State Trooper investigators on the case. Readers will love the storytelling and action binding this case and these men nicknamed the "Alaska State Troopers: GEEZER SQUAD".