I do agree that Alaska law enforcement seems to have adopted the policy that "If we don't put them in prison, we won't have as many in-custody deaths and won't have to pay out so much in damages to convict family members." which is unfortunate and counterproductive.

That said however, if you spend a little time in other American cities, Portland, San Francisco, St. Louis, Kansas City, Sioux Falls, Wichita, Baltimore, Chicago, DC, New Orleans,  Atlanta to name a few of the more unsanitary ones, you really come to appreciate the competence and professionalism of APD. The cops here are far better trained and better equipped than the police in any major city in the US and if you get stopped in one of those other towns, you WILL understand that.