"A 2013 study ordered by Congress into safety and justice for Native Americans concluded that the village public safety program has been underfunded, understaffed and inappropriately unarmed." News travels slow, when your pony express rider's on a three legged reindeer, looking for Joe Juneau, to find another gold mine. "Lawmakers denied requests to add about $60,000 a year to pay for the firearms and for firearm training of 20 VPSOs annually at the state Public Safety Academy in Sitka, which could slow the training, Wallner said."

It's a slow, reindeer ride!

http://www.adn.com/rural-alaska/article/firearm-training-vpsos-could-begin-january-though-many-questions-remain/2014/07/30/