“Kyle Hopkins… Partnering with ProPublica broke a major story. His reporting won a Pulitzer Prize for uncovering a startling fact: convicted repeat offenders were being hired as police officers with astonishing frequency in Alaska. It shouldn't have been happening. But it was. And in Stebbins, Hopkins discovered another shocking fact. Every officer-every single one-had been convicted of domestic violence. If your boyfriend or husband was beating you, calling the cops just ensured that another abuser would come to your house. The rot went right up to the top, too. The police chief had been convicted of seventeen crimes, including felony assault and sexual abuse of a minor. The crooks had taken over the station.

How could that have happened?
The answer is simple. There weren't any qualified applicants.” - Brian Klaas, Page 182