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JUNE 11, 2001

Walt Monegan, the first Alaska Native police chief in Anchorage, is reorganizing his department to focus more on community policing and develop a specialized detective force.

The executive director of Standing Together Against Rape credits the department with developing the Alaska Native Women's Sexual Assault Committee along with the community. Karen Bitzer says community policing has made the city safer.

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Chief plans changes for police (The Anchorage Daily News 6/11)

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