Southeast Alaska Cities Against Drugs
Formerly known as the Southeast Alaska Narcotics Enforcement Team (SEANET), the group changed its name to the Southeast Alaska Cities Against Drugs (SEACAD) to simplify some long existing misconceptions about the task force arrangement in Southeast Alaska. In 2008, both the Juneau Police Department and the Ketchikan Police Department formed their own narcotics units that work independent of the SEACAD task force. Although both departments remain members of the SEACAD board, each department is responsible for their particular unit’s activity.
Even with the additional police department narcotics units, the primary responsibility for drug enforcement in Southeast Alaska remains with the SEACAD task force. This team is comprised of four offices. One is located in Juneau and consists of one AST sergeant, and a criminal justice technician. The office in Ketchikan consists of one AST investigator. The office in Sitka houses one Sitka Police Department officer and the office in Petersburg has one Petersburg Police Department officer. The AST sergeant oversees and works hand-in-hand with the Southeast Alaska Cities Against Drugs (SEACAD) project that is headed by Chief Sheldon Schmitt of the Sitka Police Department. Chief Schmitt along with Chief Dale of the Petersburg Police Department provides narcotics officers to work alongside the AST investigators to focus on street level dealers, major offenders, and manufacturing. Some of the investigative methods used by this team include interdiction activities and undercover operations.
Juneau AST Tip Line: (907) 465-6305
Juneau AST Fax Line: (907) 465-6307
Ketchikan AST Tip Line: (907) 228-4020
Ketchikan Crime Stoppers: (907) 225-2583
Petersburg Crime Stoppers: (907) 772-7463
Sitka Crime Stoppers: (907) 747-8980
Juneau Crime Line: (907) 586-4243
Tips regarding the Southeast Alaska can also be submitted online with The Juneau Crime Line at:
http://www.geocities.com/juneaucrimeline/
