FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) - Fairbanks has expanded its inebriate patrol.
The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports (https://is.gd/FySBWV ) that two vans now take inebriated people into protective custody from anywhere within city limits, not just the downtown core.
The patrol also expanded its hours so it operates seven days per week from 9 a.m. until 2 a.m.
The patrol operated by the Downtown Association of Fairbanks gets about half of its $300,000 annual budget from private donors and the rest from the Fairbanks city and borough governments.
Mayor John Eberhart wanted a larger patrol to keep city police officers and firefighters from getting tied up with non-emergency inebriate calls.
His budget increased the city’s contribution from $50,000 to $125,000.
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Information from: Fairbanks (Alaska) Daily News-Miner, https://www.newsminer.com
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