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(dramatic music)

(rifle firing)

- [officer] get down on your knees now!

- [officer] did he drop the knife?

- [officer] it's unbelievable the amount of crime

we have here. (dramatic music)

- [officer] we're a small island community.

- [officer] oh, there it is!

Oh my god!

- [officer] there's about one bear

for every four people on the island.

- Get out bear, get out!

- We gotta try and pick this guy up as quick as we can.

- [radio] he had made statements saying

he had a knife and a gun on him.

- A bag of crystal meth.

- [officer] no guns, knives, explosives?

- [suspect] there's something on my seat.

- [officer] what's on your seat?

- [suspect] please know it's not mine.

(dramatic music)

(ominous music)

(crackling) (ominous music)

- [butler] it's difficult for people to understand

what it's like to work in alaska.

- 10-four.

- The extreme temperatures,

the extreme situations,

the extreme violence.

- Drop down on your knees.

Drop down in your knees.

Stop and drop to your knees.

Drop down on your knees now!

Get down on your knees now.

(dramatic music)

my name is gerrit butler, a patrol officer

for the city of fairbanks.

(digital chirping) (ominous music)

(siren wailing)

- fairbanks is a little city trying to be a big city.

It's unbelievable the amount of crime we have here.

The heroin, the meth, murders, burglaries,

domestic violence, we're dealing with all of it every day.

(ominous music) (crackling)

as far as being a police officer,

I don't mind getting into the mix.

(ominous music)

for about six years, I was a professional

mixed martial arts fighter around alaska.

(people hollering) (ominous music)

suspects see me and think I'm a normal small person,

(body thumping) (people cheering)

but as soon as they put me in a situation

where I have to fight back,

that's when they get caught off-guard.

I wouldn't say I enjoy fighting people because I don't,

but it is exciting, and it is an adrenaline rush.

(phone ringing)

- sounds like officer lambert's already on the scene.

- [officer] hey, police, man.

Drop down on your knees.

Drop down on your knees.

Drop down on your knees.

Stop and drop to your knees. (man hollering)

drop down on your knees now!

(suv engine revving) (dramatic music)

- [officer] stop and drop on your knees.

Get down on your knees now.

(dramatic music) (bodies crashing)

(bodies crashing)

(men chattering)

- [gerrit] chill, chill.

Put your hands behind your back.

- Stop - hands behind your back.

- [gerrit] soon as I took him down, I recognized him.

He was a former mma student of mine.

Listen to me! - Stop!

- [officer] he's still fighting, he's still fighting.

- [gerrit] just knowing what he's capable of

raises your adrenaline and what could go wrong.

- [officer] you wanna get tased?

- [suspect] what, you guys, (beep) no!

- [officer] listen to me (suspect grunting)

(taser clicking) - [suspect] no!

- [officer] put your hands behind your back!

Stop reaching! (taser clicking)

- you want the prongs? - Nope.

- You got him cuffed? - Yep.

(suspect breathing heavily)

- there's something in his pocket, I can't feel it.

- Did he drop the knife? - We found the knife.

- [gerrit] when somebody doesn't listen to our commands

and resists us, often tasing is the safest way

to solve the problem.

- [officer] you gotta stand up, bud.

- Ready? - Pull.

- [officer] got him.

(suv door shutting) (dramatic music)

- [gerrit] he wasn't listening to you at all,

so I was like this is the only chance we got.

- [officer] yeah, he wasn't listening anyway.

- You all right? - Yeah, I'm good.

(ominous music)

(car door shutting) - it's not a good feeling

to take down somebody you know,

but sometimes you gotta use violence

to prevent potential violence. (ominous music)

(crackling)

- I think the best part about this job is arresting people,

bad people, but the worst part about this job

is arresting people.

(ominous music) (map whooshing)

(digital chirping) (map whooshing)

(dramatic music) (seagulls cawing)

- kodiak is like no there place I've ever been.

We're a small island community that's almost mythological

because of our bears and our wildlife

and our closeness to nature.

It's a unique place to be a police officer,

especially if you're from the lower 48,

but it's not for everybody.

(dramatic music) (bolt clicking)

things that you would've never have done

in the lower 48 life become commonplace here.

If you're okay with that, this is a great place,

and if not, then uh

I don't know, concrete jungle, I guess?

(map whooshing) (digital chirping)

(guitar music) (crackling)

- my name is officer jamie ramos, and I'm a police officer

for portsmouth police department in virginia.

I've been a police officer for five years.

I work in the south side of the city.

- [reporter] within the past 48 hours,

we've seen four shootings.

- [ramos] it's a high-crime, high-drug area.

- [reporter] federal investigators teamed with

local officials to bust up a decade-old drug ring.

- A typical day in portsmouth is a lot to handle.

You're busy all day.

It's dangerous, and you learn how well

you work under pressure.

This week, I'm moving to alaska.

Two bags, one-way ticket to kodiak.

I decided to take the job in alaska because when I visited,

I thought it was the most beautiful place I've ever seen.

It's a big move, packing up your life

and moving across the world.

Pretty cool.

It's gonna be interesting to see how I acclimate

to that culture, that environment.

I'm gonna take two pairs of heels,

even if I have to wear it around the house.

Everything up there is gonna be new to me.

Since I'm a lateral transfer, I have a lot to learn.

(dramatic music)

- alaska does not have a lot of female officers,

and having officer ramos really helps us.

You might come across one of the toughest, biggest guys

you've ever met, and he sees officer ramos,

and then bam, he wants to talk.

I think she'll bring a lot here to the island,

but you might come here and not succeed

because you might not be a good fit.

Kodiak is not portsmouth, virginia.

(dramatic music) (crackling)

I'm very excited about you coming on board.

You've already been a cop.

You already know what it's like to be a cop.

However, now it's let's be an alaska cop.

(seagulls cawing)

- it smells pretty bad right now.

- Yeah, that's the fish meal plant.

All the fish in town get processed here,

so we also have to deal with bears down here.

One year, we had a really big sow

that was right above the fish gut trap down here,

so we had to set up and really haze her off.

- What does haze mean?

- You're pestering or tormenting the bear

to where they don't wanna hang out in certain areas.

It's like training a dog.

- I've never seen a bear except for in a zoo. (laughs)

- hopefully, this is gonna be one of the most interesting

and strange but rewarding experiences for your career.

(ominous music) (crackling)

- man in the alley passed out.

We're gonna see if he needs help.

- [mike] what's going on, you okay?

- What's going on buddy?

- [mike] well where's home at?

- At my home.

- Let's sit you up and make sure you're okay.

- Okay. - Let's sit you up.

- I was gonna.

- [mike] yep, we will, but we gotta make sure.

You gotta sit up.

Okay, what's your name? - [ramos] all right, turn around.

- What are you guys wanting?

- [ramos] we need to see if you're okay.

I've dealt with public intoxication quite a bit

back in virginia.

When people get drunk, they do lots of stupid things,

and they're more likely to commit more serious crimes.

- Can you get up and walk for me

'cause if you can show me you can walk

without needing any help, I can leave you alone.

There we go.

- [suspect] why'd you guys come down hard on me?

- We're just trying to help you out.

- [mike] 'cause you're laying out there,

all beached out like a sea lion.

- I don't care.

- Maybe start heading home, okay,

and no more bars for you.

You've definitely drank too much tonight.

- Obviously. - Yeah.

- [ramos] if he's not walking around,

I'm gonna hook him up and give him a ticket.

- [mike] there's no crime in that.

- Being drunk and - no.

- Passed out on the ground? - It's not a crime here.

Alaska, big difference. - All right.

- If he can get up and take care of himself, he's good.

That's a big difference, the public intox thing.

- [ramos] but he is walking, so that's a little better.

- [mike] he's walking.

- [ramos] I'm aware, I met you once before.

- No you haven't. - [ramos] yes I have.

- Okay. - Really?

You'll be there?

- I have fans.

No matter where you go,

you're always gonna get people like that all the time.

You're gonna get cat-called, you're gonna,

you just can't let it bother you,

which it doesn't 'cause I think it's kinda funny. (laughs)

(dramatic music)

- k-17, headquarters. - Go ahead.

- [mike] there we go.

Keep in mind, short distances,

that thing can run like a horse at full speed,

so if the bear's charging in, stand your ground.

Don't ever run. (dramatic music)

- anything? - No, nothing.

- [mike] okay.

We're just gonna cruise down selief,

and then we'll head back.

- All right. - Okay.

- [man] it's down toward the end

at the last apartment complex.

- Right now? - Yep.

(car engine revving)

- [mike] go a little faster, just in case.

- [ramos] oh!

- [both] there it is!

- [ramos] oh my god.

- [mike] k units, five, we got him.

- [ramos] oh, he's coming out.

(dramatic music)

- the kodiak brown bear is the largest

land mammal in kodiak.

It's an excellent, adaptable apex predator.

(bears growling)

there's about one bear for every four people on the island.

It's unadulterated wild that has dovetailed

right up to civilization,

but we don't go out with the mission let's kill a bear.

(shotgun firing) (dramatic music)

(shotgun firing)

- [ramos] all units, code four.

He's coming out.

(shotgun slide clicking)

it's looking back at me like it may want to eat me.

- [mike] do you have any less-than-lethal in here?

- [ramos] yep. (shotgun slide clicking)

- get out bear! - There it is.

- [mike] get out!

(shotgun firing)

(shotgun firing) - [officer] hey!

- [mike] get going!

Hopefully, this thing doesn't come back out.

- [adam] I doubt that with trash night.

- All right, we'll just wait for the next one.

- [ramos] I got to see my first bear.

- And you got to see your first bear.

Welcome to alaska.

- [ramos] I absolutely did not think I'd be

hunting bears in an urban setting in alaska.

We didn't have bear calls in virginia.

That's gonna take some adjustment.

(dramatic music)

(whooshing) (digital chirping)

(percussive music)

- my daughter's water bottle.

She put stickers all over it, so I took it from her,

and I like to carry it around with me every day

when I go on calls.

Reminds me of home when I'm out here.

I was born and raised here.

My family's been here for year and years and years and years

before alaska was a state.

I love fairbanks. (car door shutting)

I probably will never leave fairbanks.

I like to help the people who I grew up with

or the people who I live with.

Try and help the town survive and thrive as much as I can.

(ominous music)

- s-109, I copy. (ominous music)

we are going to a physical domestic disturbance,

and that's taking place in a car.

In the state of alaska, domestic violence in rampant.

It's everywhere.

We deal with domestic violence calls every day.

(dramatic music) (crackling)

s-109, it's right here.

(police radio chattering)

what's going on, bud?

- Okay.

- Okay, did anything physical happen today?

- I mean, did you attack her, did she attack you?

- From hitting her head, okay.

- [gerrit] when we go to a domestic violence call,

we're gonna separate the parties,

and then try to determine if there was a crime

and who needs to be arrested.

There's always one person's side of the story.

There's the other person's side of the story.

The hard part is figuring out who's telling the full truth.

- [officer] did you hit him?

- [woman] no, no, no, no.

I promise if I hit him, I would tell you I hit him.

I did not.

- Do you have your id on you real quick?

Do you have any guns, knives, hang grenades,

anything that'll hurt me first off?

- No.

Okay. (ominous music)

dv cases are some of the most

dangerous cases that we handle.

Emotions are running high,

and things can get out of hand pretty quick.

Do me a favor for a second.

Just turn around, put your hands behind your back for a sec.

Okay, I'm just gonna detain you right now.

You're not under arrest, okay.

You're just gonna be detained.

- [officer] so what happened in the last 10 minutes?

- So you went around her head

to pull her back towards the car so she wouldn't.

- [gerrit] what he was saying, it sounded kinda believable.

- [bruce] do you think you hurt her

when you put your arm around her head?

- No.

- [bruce] have you ever been arrested

for domestic violence before?

- Yeah. - How many times?

- Well, this'll be three times with this one.

- With her?

- Yeah.

I want an attorney.

- Fair enough, you're under arrest for domestic violence.

- Aw, you're kidding me.

- No, I'm not.

How many times have you been physically assaulted by him?

- [woman] he's only been doing it for the last couple years.

- [bruce] and how many times a year?

- [woman] it happened about 20 days in a row.

- All righty.

I wish I could tell you why people keep committing

domestic violence crimes.

It's just pretty awful. (ominous music)

(suv window thumping)

that's not how this works, you got it?

Cool?

- In the state of alaska,

domestic violence laws are very strict, as you know.

- [suspect] I know what they are.

- So you're under arrest because she's injured,

and she said you did it.

It's kinda hard to deal with it all the time,

but you can't take it personal, you just can't

because it'll drive you crazy.

(ominous music)

(dramatic music) (crackling)

(digital chirping)

(whoosh) (ominus music)

- officer gebert, he's got a potential dui.

We'll just drive by, just to make sure.

- Hey, can you stay in the car, please?

Can you stay in the car, sir?

Shut the door.

Thank you.

Got two kids, backseat.

Oh, wait, no, you've got more than that.

- Just medical call.

- Do you wanna stay here and be backup for him,

and I go to med call?

- It's up to you.

If that's what you want to do, I got it.

- I can smell alcohol coming from you.

- What's earlier?

- [driver] about three hours ago.

Three hours ago, yeah. - Three hours ago?

- [gebert] okay, I need to make sure that you're okay to drive.

Would you be willing to do field sobriety test?

- No.

- Female driving, I dealt with her in the past.

She pulled over.

As she started talking to me,

I could smell odor of alcohol on her breath.

- Hmm?

- If you kicked him in the face, that would not be

- [driver] I said how many times

has he gotten kicked in the face

- I'm not sure, none with us.

So um, how much did you have to drink?

I'm just trying to smell it.

- All right, have you step over here.

So what we're gonna do,

we're gonna do it facing the front of my vehicle.

- Hey, sir!

(dramatic music)

- sir, can you just get back in the car?

We'll get with you in one second.

- [gebert] follow tip of my finger

with your eyes and your eyes only.

Do not move your head.

All right, do you understand that?

- [gebert] okay.

- I don't know you, so give me a second

before you give me attitude.

I will get you where you need to go.

But there's no reason to be this.

- [passenger] ma'am, I'm not trying

to give you any attitude.

- Yeah, you are.

Okay, so how many of those children are hers?

- [passenger] two.

- Now, I think that it would be a good idea

if you called a cab,

because I don't think they should see this.

- Just try to focus on the finger, all right?

- Who's this?

Stop!

Are you here to pick up the children?

- [driver] yeah.

- Okay.

- [gebert] it's all right.

You don't need to cry, you don't need to cry.

- All righty, we'll give you a call.

- Okay.

- Thank you for coming to get the kids.

- [gebert] deep breath.

(coughing)

dvt is 0.115.

- [driver] really?

- Yeah.

So, you know what the legal limit is, right?

- [driver] zero eight.

- Zero eight.

Based off of what I see from my field sobriety test,

I'm gonna have to place you under arrest for dui.

- It's very important that we keep the community safe

by keeping intoxicated drivers off the street.

But when you have children in the car, especially,

that's no dice for me.

- We gotta figure out what number offense

she's gonna be charged with when it comes to dui,

because in the state of alaska,

if you've been convicted within the previous 10 years,

that's how you get your count for the severity of the crime.

That's why you need to carry the bible with you.

Sometimes, you think somethings a crime,

and then you look through your book and you go,

all right, have a good day.

(laughs)

- sure that'll happen.

- [gebert] that's right, in the rest of america it's a crime.

Just not here.

(dramatic music)

(digital chirping)

- staffing, we're sitting at about

14 patrol officers right now.

We're about eight or nine short from what we should be.

But there's gonna be times that you see stuff

that you can't believe

and we have to arrest somebody.

Make sure that they get what they deserve.

- [dispatcher] dispatch.

- [butler] this is our suspect.

Allegedly beat up and then strangled his ex girlfriend.

It looks like he beat her up so bad,

she's in the emergency room.

The first thing we're gonna do, once we have a suspect name,

is see what we know about that person.

He has a whole lot of criminal cases.

Multiple felony assaults, duis, criminal trespasses.

Got a lot of history of all sorts of stuff.

All right, let's do it.

We're all gonna meet up here at a gas station

near the residence,

coordinate what we're gonna do.

- [officer on radio] 10-3, go ahead.

- [werner] we need two people outside.

- [butler] I'll go back with you

and I'll just chase him if he runs.

Sergeant werner's heading the investigation.

It's a danger when you're heading to a

situation like this,

that's why we're sending so many people,

it's because you never know.

- In the state of alaska, if you strangle somebody,

that's a second degree felony.

Because he disfigured her face,

it's also a third degree felony assault.

So he's got those two charges pending,

plus he has a $5000 warrant for a past charge.

This isn't his first rodeo.

- S109, there's only one window back here.

- [officer on radio] we're gonna make entry here

in a second.

- [werner] fairbanks police.

- [butler] he's not here.

We gotta try and pick this guy up as quick as we can

because he's gonna know we're looking for him,

now that we were at his residence

and the people who live there saw us.

- [butler] let's roll.

We just got a tip from nearby,

who witnessed the male, supposedly.

- [male passerby] that's him on the bike.

- Where's he at?

- [female passerby] it's a little red bike.

- [butler] okay.

[dispatch] 0-13, he was at headed south on 15.

(dramatic music)

(ng)

(digital chirping)

- [werner] is that him?

We're looking for (beep), do you know where he's at?

All right, buddy.

Hey, appreciate it.

- The hunt is probably the funnest part of this job.

- There's a good chance that he is hiding out.

I know his dad pretty well.

- All right, cool.

Police are sheep dogs, and we're trying to keep

the wolves from getting to the sheep.

We're heading over to an

older apartment complex area.

Sergeant werner's actually friends with

the guy with a warrant's dad,

so we contacted him and asked him where he would go.

Stay around back?

And then the two of us will go to the door.

Yeah, it's (beep), it's about midway...

- [butler] yeah, 10-4, I got it.

- [werner] we're at the second door.

(knocking)

- [werner] you know who he is?

- [werner] you don't, at all?

- [on radio] negative contact at the residence.

- Sounds like the apartment number we got was incorrect.

- [dispatch] 10-4, s-8, it's apartment two (beep).

- Fairbanks police department.

We need to talk to you real quick.

- 09 copies.

So he's not here.

It's definitely a lot easier to hide up here in fairbanks,

than it is in the lower 48.

We have big, thick, wooded areas, all over.

We have abandoned buildings,

all these different places that people can hide from us.

Right now, we're kind of chasing ghosts.

(dramatic music)

so I came in a shift today and found out that

we got a tip that the suspect was at a sports store.

One of the officers went and checked it out.

- I happened to be in the area when the call came in.

- Howdy.

- [rosenbalm] when I walked in the door,

I recognized him immediately,

and I knew that there was a high potential

that he was gonna run.

Hey, nice to meet you.

No, relax, relax, relax, relax, relax.

- [suspect] okay, I'm not.

- He didn't resist, he didn't put up a fight.

- Sometimes you just get lucky.

When you think he's disappeared for good,

you just run right into him.

(dramatic music) (crackling)

(digital chirping)

(inquisitive music)

- all right, let's get this rolling.

Shift briefing last I checked was 1800.

In her training, officer ramos has learned a lot.

She's starting to pick up on

the different cultural nuances here.

She learned our way of doing things,

our procedures, our standards.

Now, this will be her first time patrolling alone.

- I'm on the night shift.

It's 12 hour shifts.

It's from six pm to six am.

I am allowed to ride solo.

Although it's fun having somebody to talk to

while you're patrolling, it's also good to be on your own.

As a police officer, I always like being proactive

and being out on the streets.

Coming from virginia, there's a very huge risk

of you being shot or hurt

and you always have to watch your back.

Here, it's dangerous in different ways.

- Gebert, why'd you have to go ahead and go that?

I wanted to chase some bears.

Officer gebert pulled over a vehicle.

It's always good to have two officers on a traffic stop,

since there seems to be a lot guns and drugs around here.

- In the passenger side, is that (beep)?

- [driver] yeah, I just picked him up.

- Hey, (beep), can you come back and talk

with me real quick?

- Gebert made a traffic stop

because of that tail light out right there

and then found somebody that he knew that has a warrant.

- You didn't show up to court, man.

- This morning, at 10 o'clock.

- Today is the 20th.

- Oh, it is.

Oh, crap.

- [gebert] I'm just gonna grab his beer can

outta here and his bag, okay?

- [ramos] hey, look in the bag.

A bag of crystal meth.

(dramatic music)

- [ramos] the biggest problem here would be drugs,

but it's very easy to drive by and not see it.

In alaska, meth is highly used,

and in virginia, crack and heroin

are the major drugs on the street that you see.

So, that's an adjustment.

I found some crystal meth in the bag.

- This is your vehicle, right?

- [driver] yeah.

- [gebert] is that any of your stuff in that bag?

- No, that's all his.

None of that's mine.

- [gebert] did he leave anything else in the vehicle

other than what's in the bag?

- [driver] not that I'm aware of.

- Would you give me consent to check,

because he's got some meth in his bag.

- Want me to open the door for you?

- [gebert] would you let me look?

- Yeah, go ahead.

I mean, it's not mine.

None of that (beep) is mine.

- Okay, so we checked this.

Would you let me check your pockets?

I just wanna make sure that he didn't try to...

- Well.

- Like, what am I?

- But, but, but (beep),

you gotta look at it from my perspective.

Remember when I arrested you

and you had heroin in your pocket?

- Which is not mine.

- Well, trouble follows the people

that you hang around with, man.

Wait here, cause I gotta call probation,

let them know I had contact with you, all right?

You know how that works.

- I'm not gonna sugar coat it for you, but I will.

I haven't been here that long, but I remember your name

and that can't be good.

- Hey joe, officer gebert calling.

I think I have one of your customers here.

When I asked him about if he had anything on him,

he was very defensive.

- [ramos] how does one smoke crystal meth, anyway?

- [gebert] you can just step

to the back of the vehicle, man.

Before we get into this, am I going to find anything?

- You're not gonna find anything.

I don't know, he shook my hand.

He came inside, I said what's up, he shook my hand.

He's a little tipsy, stuff like that.

He tried to grab something in the middle.

I don't know what the (beep) he was doing,

I was like, yo, what are you doing?

Then he went back to his bag.

I was like, what the (beep) is this bag?

I'm like, where you going, bro?

- No guns, knives, needles, explosives, drugs on you?

- There's nothing on me.

I realized, when I was getting out,

there was something on my seat.

- [gebert] there's something on your seat?

- Yeah.

What's on your seat?

- [ramos] some crystal meth.

- [driver] it's not mine, it's not mine.

- It's not yours.

- [driver] it's not mine.

- [gebert] are you clean?

- [driver] I mean.

- [gebert] I'm gonna take that as a no.

- [ramos] you see underneath here?

There's some more baggies.

- Here's the deal.

You're under arrest for violating probation.

Is it cool if we leave the car?

- [driver] yeah, you guys can leave the car.

I know everybody around this neighborhood.

- Okay.

(dramatic music) (crackling)

(dramatic music) (crackling)

- [ramos] got two going to jail.

But I guess that's what happens when you smoke crystal meth.

(dramatic music) (soft whoosh)

(phone ringing) - [dispatch] 911.

- [dispatch] okay.

- 19-09, I'm in route.

(dramatic music)

- come on buddy, what's going on?

I dealt with you the other day, what's going on?

Why are you yelling and screaming and stuff?

- [werner] no, they never said that.

They just said you were yelling, that's all.

- [butler] never said you were suicidal.

You have no intentions of hurting yourself at all?

- Okay, do you have any intentions

of hurting anybody else?

- Okay.

- [werner] do you have any weapons on you at all?

- [butler] can we check real quick, just to make sure?

You wanna throw your hands up real quick for me?

- [man] (yelling) I surrender!

- [butler] just relax, it's fine, just chill.

- [werner] you don't even have to kneel down, man.

- [butler] you're all right, buddy.

- [adams] we're not putting you in cuffs or anything,

we just want to make sure you're okay.

- [butler] we just wanna make sure you're good to go.

- [adams] okay, you're cool, man.

You can go ahead and stand up.

- [werner] you can stand up and relax.

- [butler] if you say you're all right,

I'm going to trust you in saying you're all right.

- [adams] yeah, absolutely.

- If you need help, or you have any questions or anything,

you can always give us a call, okay?

We'll help you out.

Here, I'm gonna give you my card.

You give me a call.

All right, buddy.

Take care of yourself.

- [adams] see you later, man.

You have a good day.

- I think sometimes, it takes putting myself in their shoes

and how they're feeling and it helps them relate to me.

- [werner] gonna drive my car?

- Oh, this is yours.

- I wasn't gonna say anything.

I wanted to see you do it.

- Well, they look exactly the same.

(laughing)

but our seats are in the same position.

I think I was built to do one thing, and that was be a cop.

No matter where I was, I would be a cop.

It's the only thing I'm good at.

- [dispatch] caller is reporting an accident.

(siren blaring)

(digital chirping)

(dramatic music)

- I've been in kodiak for about four months now,

and I feel like I'm finally getting settled in.

I'm looking at the bear aware on facebook,

which is how this community corresponds

and shares information.

So 35 minutes ago, someone saw a cream color bear.

Oh, here it is.

We'll go check it out.

We're looking for a bear

that took a bag of trash and went behind the apartments.

(gasp)

whoa, there it is!

It's right behind there.

Hold on, be careful, okay?

I have non lethal loaded.

Trying to scare it away.

Now it's up there.

(gun firing)

I scared it off for a little bit,

so we're gonna wait and see if it comes back.

She was pretty big.

I think she might still be lurking.

My first bear call by myself, so that was kind of cool.

I didn't die,

and the bear was not injured.

So that's good.

- Officer ramos, she is awesome.

We've loved having her.

I think within a short amount of time,

she'll become pretty popular within the community.

- [ramos] kodiak is becoming my home

and I definitely feel comfortable being here.

I'm happy to be here, I'm happy.

(laughing)

moving on.

(G)

(suspenseful music)

- [officer] hey, show us your hands!

- [officer 2] other side, other side!

(man yelling)

(gun shots)

- [officer] three thirty two!

- You're gonna meet your maker pretty damn fast

if you're not careful.

- [police radio] officer down, officer down!

(tire screeching) (man yelling)

- [officer] when it's like, 30, 40 below,

it's a life and death thing up here when it gets that cold.

- [officer] yeah.

No!

Keep your hands where I can see 'em!

- There's only two officers protecting this whole town.

(bears growling)

- [officer] he's got the taste of blood now. (gun clicking)

- somebody dies.

- I've been in more physical altercations

with people here than I have ever you know, down in the 48.

- [officer] all right.

This place is the wild west.

(siren wailing)

(radio beeping) (wind roaring)

- [police radio] finish report and come in.