Tag Archives: Kodiak Police Department

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The body of a man was discovered yesterday in the water downtown. According to the Kodiak Police Department, dispatch received a call a little after 4 p.m. reporting that a body had been spotted under a dock at St. Paul Harbor. Chief Jim Mullican with the Kodiak Fire Department said his crew and the Kodiak Police Department responded …

Lt. Tim Putney standing by the stuffed brown bear in the lobby of Kodiak Police Station. ( Photo by Mitch Borden/KMXT) Mitch Borden/KMXT The City of Kodiak is getting a new police chief. After serving as Kodiak’s chief of police for the past five years, Rhonda Wallace is retiring and the person who’s been chosen to fill her shoes, as KMXT …

Ambulance at Trident Basin after a man was rescued by emergency responders on Near Island. (Photo by Mitch Borden/KMXT) Mitch Borden/KMXT Recently on a rainy day in Kodiak, a man biking around Near Island wrecked while going through the forest on the South End Trail. He fell about 20 to 30 feet down an embankment. After landing on a beach, …

Mitch Borden/KMXT A person has been taken into custody by the Kodiak Police Department for the recent robbery of a gas station in the city of Kodiak. KPD officers arrested Blake Still yesterday (Dec 13) morning for Monday (Dec 11) night’s armed robbery of the Petro Express on Mill Bay Rd. KPD Police Chief Rhonda Wallace says he was identified …

The Kodiak Island Borough School District Board of Education. (Photo by Kayla Desroches/KMXT) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough School District Board of Education touched on school issues across the island, from special education to the recent lockdown, at its regular meeting last night. During his report, school district superintendent Larry LeDoux said student enrollment is down overall, which also …

Oil in the storm drain. (Photo courtesy of Matt Van Daele/ Deputy City Manager) Mitch Borden/KMXT The Kodiak Fire Department was dispatched to the Kodiak Island Borough building to respond to an oil spill. What Kodiak Fire Chief Jim Mullican found when he arrived was two vehicles with broken windows and used motor oil poured in, on, and around them. …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Police Department recently discontinued the use of video cameras attached to officers’ uniforms, and Police Chief Ronda Wallace gave a statement at Thursday’s Kodiak City Council regular meeting regarding the reasons for the change. She said the KPD began the body camera trial program in 2015. “Most officers liked wearing the cameras which did two things, …

An organization in Kodiak will be working with the city police department to educate current and future officers in identifying and interacting with people with developmental disabilities. Hope Community Resources will help the KPD with the Kodiak “CARE” program, which stands for Children and Resident Encounter. In it, according to Hope’s Corrie Davis, police officers will be provided photos and …

Jay Barrett/KMXT A 33-year-old Kodiak man was arrested early yesterday (Monday) morning after a short stand-off with Kodiak police. The man had barricaded himself inside a vehicle in the 1200 block of Mission Road after a domestic disturbance reported at about 3 a.m. The intoxicated man initially refused orders from the police to throw out his semi-automatic rifle and demanded …