I for one don't want either APD, or Whittier protection. If it weren't for three votes, we would be self protecting right now...which is what happens in Anchorage. Police protection amounts to basically writing traffic tickets and providing a SWAT team to deal with active shooters. The rest of the time, victims wait and wait for the police to show up so they can write a police report and then just leave. You people in Anchorage should "put your food down" and have a special election with a ballot measure to kick Girdwood out of the Municipality of Anchorage. Please! Girdwood would then return to getting the same "police protection" it had before this most recent economic downturn. Girdwood would then have the ability to decide what to do as a separate community without Anchorage control. The thriving metropolis of Whittier(population 214 )has it's own police department with up to 5 officers! Who knows, maybe we would elect a bad ass Sheriff to provide real protection 24/7 !