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Alaska

tymorial

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1. This isn't that uncommon even in the lower 48 though state police barracks may be closer

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sun May 19, 2019, 08:56 PM

May 2019

My wife's hometown in Maine has no police force. It was that way when she was growing up and is still that way. Towns with hundreds of people cannot support local police. The county sheriff or local police handle crime.

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Lawless: One in three Alaska villages have no local police [View all] TexasTowelie May 2019 OP

This isn't that uncommon even in the lower 48 though state police barracks may be closer tymorial May 2019 #1

My sister has lived in the same tiny town for 45 years. SamKnause May 2019 #2