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- Policing in alaska is way different than back home.

Put your hands behind your back.

Working here takes a toll on your body,

takes a toll on your mind.

- I have worked for the kotzebue police department

for a whole month.

- Welcome to alaska policing.

If you can't adapt to it, you're not gonna make it here.

In alaska, there's danger at every turn.

- Sometimes you wonder,

- [officer] drop it!

Is it even worth it?

(yelling)

- [officer] I need some assistance.

(upbeat rock music)

(bear roaring)

- [dispatcher] it is a 25-14

(sirens wailing)

- [officer] hands behind your back.

(gunshot firing)

- kotzebue is its own kinda place.

You can't really compare it to anywhere else.

You always have to stay on guard.

You always have to be ready at a moment's notice.

(gunshots firing)

(yelling)

heather!

- Get on the ground, hey!

Every call could potentially be your last call.

(upbeat rock music)

my name's christopher cook,

and I've been with the kotzebue police department

for almost two years.

(light country music)

lot of people don't know about kotzebue,

because kotzebue is so far away.

It's kind of a forgotten place.

(beeping)

(beeping)

at the kotzebue police department,

it's a two week on and two week off schedule.

(beeping)

(plane engine roaring)

I'm always in long sleeves here,

and then I go home to georgia,

when I'm in shorts, t-shirts and flip flops.

(laughing)

(car screeching on road)

policing in alaska is way different than back home.

The weather plays a big role on everything that goes on,

and it could be a lot more busy here.

Usually we're handling calls left and right.

This is fast-paced work,

it can be pretty stressful at times.

Getting cold, windy.

- I have a 10-17 female call in, hysterical and screaming.

I could barely understand anything she was saying.

- 10-4.

90% of these calls, we have no idea what we're walking into.

You know, my first instinct is oh my god,

maybe somebody's getting shot.

You just don't know.

(eerie instrumental music)

- [christopher c] he's trying to fight everyone.

- [christopher c] who is it?

- [woman] oh, heather!

(yelling)

- [christopher c] get on the ground, hey!

- [man] she's scared in the pin.

(yelling)

- [civilian woman] tyler!

- [christopher c] come on, come on, come on.

Get off. - [civilian woman] tyler!

(yelling) - oh (beep)!

- [christopher c] step back!

(tyler yelling) get on your stomach!

(tyler yelling)

get on your stomach!

(tyler yelling)

taser deployed.

Get on your stomach!

(tyler yelling)

give me your hands. - [tyler] god!

- [christopher c] give me your hands.

- [tyler] come on, man!

- [christopher c] give me your hands.

(tyler telling)

we love you, son.

- [christopher c] k-5 dispatch.

(tyler cursing)

- [christopher c]I need some assistance.

- [christopher c] I had to call for backup,

just because I'm by myself.

And when somebody's intoxicated or out of control,

they're gonna have a lot more strength

and ability to overpower me.

(tyler yelling)

- [christopher c] that's why I'm afraid to take them off.

Can't do it by myself.

- That's what I'm here for.

- [christopher c] I know.

(tyler yelling) he's strong, too.

- [tyler] mom!

- This family's a very good family,

and they're going through a hard time.

In this line of work, there's feelings involved

and people involved, and that's real important

to treat it as such.

Tyler, calm down.

You're scaring everybody.

(tyler yelling)

let's get the help you need, okay?

- [christopher c] you wanna stand up for me,

tyler, if I help you?

(tyler babbling) you wanna help me?

All right, come on.

- [officer] stand up, one, two, three.

(baby crying)

we're just gonna go to the ambulance.

- [officer] come on, come on.

(sirens blaring)

- after almost 10 years of law enforcement experience,

that's actually the first time I've deployed my taser.

I hope you understand why I did what I did.

When I come in, I felt that your safety was in danger.

We're gonna get clearance from the hospital,

and then he's gonna go to jail,

'cause this is domestic violence.

You okay?

- [woman] yeah.

- All right.

Who knows what would have happened

had we been tied up on another call.

Me being by myself, I couldn't get to this call.

(ice cracking) (wind whooshing)

- just be advised, k-2 is gonna be riding with the ambulance.

(eerie instrumental music)

when something happens that could

potentially be life threatening,

puts things in perspective for you, for sure.

(eerie drumming music)

don't know what to think about it yet,

so just kind of processing everything at this point.

(wind whooshing)

(ringing) (beeping)

(ice cracking)

in alaska, mountains are huge.

(bear roaring) the animals are big.

(wolf howling) and the guns are big.

(gunshot firing)

- [officer] put your hands behind your back!

- There's danger at every turn.

You never know what's out there lurking,

you never trust anybody.

You give 'em respect, but you never trust 'em.

(gunshots firing) (sirens blaring)

I'm missing out on a felony traffic stop

on a stolen vehicle right now.

- [christopher z] just 13?

We don't have that many.

- Jeez.

I've been with the fairbanks police department

for a little over six months now.

I was born and raised in virginia,

and then I was with anchorage police

for a little over two years before I came here.

(upbeat instrumental music)

hopefully my muscles show in this.

(giggling)

a lot of guys feel awkward being the new guy,

but there's a good group of guys here.

They accept me pretty much like family from the get-go.

All right.

(door slamming)

(ice cracking)

- 10-4.

There's a vehicle that's been circling around.

Its passenger gets out and walks around the vehicle.

We're gonna go try to find them,

figure out what they're doing.

And here we go.

(suspenseful instrumental music)

hello, guys.

- [woman] hi.

- [christopher z] what's going on with the vehicle?

- [christopher z] fuel pump.

You guys just driving around.

Were you driving around the neighborhood?

- [woman] no.

- [christopher z] no.

The reason why I say that is 'cause somebody was.

Somebody called in a suspicious vehicle.

Is there a kid in there?

- [woman] yeah, my baby.

- [christopher z] oh, how old is the baby.

- [woman] she's one.

- Hi.

Hi.

You guys got ids?

- [woman] oh yeah. - [mike] I don't, she.

- [woman] what?

- [christopher z] you don't have an id?

- [christopher z] what's your name, man?

- [mike] mike. - [christopher z] huh?

- [mike] mike.

- [christopher z] mike what? - [mike] smith.

- [christopher z] mike smith? - [mike] yeah.

- [christopher z] crime circling.

Well, where's your wallet?

- [mike] I might have it in my backpack.

- [christopher z] mike smith, 96-87.

You said 87?

- [mike] yeah, can I go ahead and check.

- Yeah.

You don't have any weapons or anything?

- [mike] no, no sir.

No, sir. - [christopher z] okay.

- 10-4.

Find your id?

- [mike] no, sir.

- [christopher z] is that your real name?

- [mike] yes, sir.

- [christopher z] mike, I feel like

you're not telling me the truth, man.

- [mike] I am, sir.

I have no reason to lie to you, sir.

- [mike] I don't know it off hands.

All of my id inside my wallet.

- [christopher z] let me see your phone,

let me see your social media.

- [mike] I don't really do the whole social media

thing. - Everybody does, man.

You've got something with some sort of id on there.

It's suspicious when somebody's trying to avoid

giving us their name.

Most of the time that means

they've got a warrant or they're hiding from something.

You know what, man?

Go ahead and place your hands behind your back.

- [christopher z] you're not telling me the truth.

And what's all this?

- [mike] it's, be careful.

(dramatic music)

(suspenseful instrumental music)

(beeping)

(cracking ice)

- can you shine that light in here again?

Ran into a male

that failed to identify himself correctly,

so I felt like it was fishy.

He's got a needle.

Alaska is one of those places that would be ideal

to come hide from law enforcement,

'cause it's secluded and away from everything.

All right, so let's go sit in the back of the car.

Mike smith, I feel like that's not your real name,

'cause we're not finding anybody.

- Mike lee smith.

- If somebody's bsing us, we don't have time

to just sit around and wait for them.

Especially when we're short of staff,

and we need to move on to the next call.

You're sticking to your name's mike smith.

- How did we get to the point where we're pushing a car?

Did we run out of gas?

So, what's his name?

So, what's his name?

He's inside the car, he can't hear you.

(banging)

- is that you?

Oh, that's you, man.

- That's you.

He's on probation and has a warrant

for violating his parole.

So he's trying to give us a fake name.

He just didn't want to go back to jail.

Know when somebody's telling a lie, it's a learned trait.

It's one of your tools.

You put him in your belt, and move on to the next call.

(ice cracking) (tense instrumental music)

(beeping)

(ice cracking)

(bouncy instrumental music)

(stefanie giggling)

- what are these guys doing?

They're just playing.

Hey, if we stop, you be nice to these children

and say hi on your side of the car.

- No. - Oh yes.

(giggling)

my name is stefanie jones, I have worked for

the kotzebue police department for a whole month.

It's been a huge month.

(giggling)

it's been a massive learning curve.

Hey guys!

Come over here for a sec, come here!

What you doing?

(giggling)

previously I worked for child protection

and juvenile probation.

Basically working with the kids who break the laws.

I just wanted to say hi.

Are you guys good?

- [kid] yeah. - Okay.

(giggling)

do you want some stickers?

- [kid] yeah.

- I do.

And oops, sorry.

There's the tattoos, you're welcome.

Well, stay out of trouble, okay?

- [kid] okay, we will. - [kid] thank you.

- [stefanie] bye, guys. - See you later.

- Stay warm.

I've always wanted to be a police officer

since I got out of high school.

But I had my kids young, and now I'm 46 years old,

and my kids are grown.

So I'm doing what I want to do.

I like learning new things, and I like adventure,

and that's why I'm here.

(giggling)

a big part of learning this job is field training,

and my fielding officer is sargent mike cox.

Oh my god, this is horrendous.

- Keep in mind, she's from maine.

She's used to driving in this, I'm not.

I'm from georgia.

(upbeat country music)

- one of the unique things here in kotzebue,

is officers can work up to a year

before even attending academy.

Even if they have no prior law enforcement experience,

which is what officer jones is doing.

She's got herself stuck four times.

- That's a lie, straight up.

- One of the main reasons why is because

of the recruiting challenges here.

We were so stuck, I couldn't even open up my door.

So, she's basically being trained from the ground up.

Mindalore 48, that's unheard of.

Welcome alaska policing, you know.

(stefanie giggling)

(ice cracking)

- go ahead.

- I know her.

- 10-4, we'll be in route.

You're familiar with crystal, right?

- Right. - Okay.

We have her kid in custody.

She previously spit on people,

and just acted crazy.

(tense instrumental music)

(knocking)

hi.

- [stefanie] is she still here?

- [stefanie] are you okay?

- [stefanie] did she injure you at all?

- Were you scared somebody hit you?

- [woman] yeah. - [stefanie] okay.

Lock your door.

If she comes back, call us, okay?

We'll go and see if we can find her, okay?

- [woman] okay. - Thank you.

(upbeat instrumental music)

- she's highly intoxicated,

she probably doesn't need to be out

in this kind of weather and conditions to begin with.

It's starting to snow.

You don't want her to get hypothermia and die.

- [stefanie] when people are drunk,

they're already escalated.

They're already not making good decisions.

So, she's not in a state where she can take care of herself.

People freeze to death here, it happens all the time.

(tense instrumental music)

(tense instrumental music)

- [stefanie] we're looking for crystal right now.

- Just keep a eye out for somebody walking,

to be intoxicated.

- Okay.

(tense instrumental music)

because I previously worked here for three years,

I'm very familiar with the people.

- Okay.

The culture, and the issues here, too.

Like alcoholism.

That kind of filters over into other crimes.

- [officer] 911.

- [woman on phone] we need help right now.

- [officer] hey, has you been drinking?

- [stefanie] in this job, you're working with people

that are suffering from substance abuse.

- [stefanie] and I think law enforcement professionals

need to have empathy for that.

(car engines buzzing)

- [mike] there.

- [stefanie] yeah, definitely her.

- [mike] come here, crystal.

What's going on with your mom?

- You think maybe the way you're reacting?

- Am I being arrested?

- What I'm saying is, do you think maybe the way

that you were acting has anything

to do with alcohol drinking today?

- No.

- Yeah, at this point, yeah.

You'll be placed under arrest

for assault in the fourth degree,

and violating your court conditions.

- [crystal] oh, okay then.

- But you have been drinking.

I've been doing this for 23 years.

Can't fool somebody.

I mean, you smell it, right?

You can smell it right-- - [crystal] yeah, I have been.

- [stefanie] do you remember me?

- Yeah, I do.

- She put her mom in fear of being assaulted,

which is a crime here in alaska.

(upbeat instrumental music)

I want to make a positive impact in people's lives.

I don't wanna lock people up.

But arresting people is part of the job.

All right, just be really cooperative, okay?

(footsteps creaking)

- [crystal] you guys know what the biggest problem

in kotzebue is?

The city sells alcohol to people,

and then you guys arrest them.

- I agree.

- [crystal] there's a lot of addicted people

to alcohol here.

- [mike] will you take a drug test for me?

- No. - [mike] no, all right.

- Crystal, honestly, do you think you need

to take a little responsibility for what's going on here?

- No I don't.

- You just think it's the city's fault

because they sell alcohol.

You don't have any ownership in buying it,

walking over there--

- just leave me and my choices alone, all right?

- I am a new officer, but I think I'm tougher than most.

From working in social services,

you see some pretty hideous things.

You have to have a backbone to be successful here.

(ice cracking)

(tense instrumental music)

- holy cow.

(dogs barking)

there's a third one.

Kotzebue is kind of the wild, wild west,

that's for sure.

I've gotten a lot of firsts in this job.

I was still in fto, sargent cox and I were riding together.

And we a subject who had a rifle and was shooting at us.

(gunshots firing)

- [officer] shots fired, shots fired.

- [christopher c] first thing I thought about

was my wife and kids.

(gun clicking)

I been doing this for a while.

I've dealt with guns, I've had people reach for guns.

But I never been shot at before.

So that was a pretty scary day.

It could affect your career, it could affect your family

you could not go home.

You just think about stuff like that.

(tense instrumental music)

(beeping)

(upbeat country music)

(phone ringing)

- [christopher z] hello.

- [person on phone] hey. - Hey.

Oh, oh, just going to calls.

My wife is very supportive of being a police officer.

I made your chicken.

- And I made the bed, and I folded the clothes

that were upstairs.

- You're welcome.

It's kind of rough telling her some of the stories

that I deal with, but she's a nurse in the air force,

so she understands what we go through,

because she's experienced it too.

All right well, I gotta go.

I love you too, bye.

(ice cracking)

(phone ringing)

- [operator] 911.

- So worst case scenario is we go on scene,

and somebody's still pointing a gun at somebody, or us,

that's going through our heads.

(wind whooshing)

(tense instrumental music)

- [christopher z] okay.

A knife is just as dangerous as a gun,

they're easier to conceal and to pull out at any time,

especially if you're in close quarter.

(wind whooshing)

- [officer] hey.

- [christopher z] step out here right new.

(whistling) you, come out here right now.

Are you the only one in there?

- [woman] no, jenny!

- [christopher z] who is in there with him?

- [christopher z] if you're in a knife fight,

expect to get stabbed.

- [officer] ready?

- Yeah.

- [officer] fairbanks police, step out here now!

(woman crying)

drop it!

- [officer] drop it! - [officer] drop it!

- [officer] drop it!

L music)

(ice cracking)

- what is it?

- [suspect] that's another knife.

- I've seen my fair share of people trying to kill you.

(ice cracking)

I learned that first hand.

Couple years back, there was a domestic disturbance.

And me being the new guy, you go jump in there.

End up coming out with some stab wounds.

Sometimes you relive it.

You get up every day and do the job,

but at times you wonder, is it even worth it?

- [officer] I want you to slowly walk down the stairs

and show me your hands.

- [officer] fairbanks police, step down here now,

and show us your hands.

- [suspect] got less lethal. 90s vintage.

- [officer] drop it! - [officer] drop it!

- [officer] drop it! - [officer] drop it!

- [officer] everything! - [officer] drop it, stop!

- [officer] show us your hands.

Hands up in the air.

Turn around and face away from us.

Back down, stop, stop, slower.

Back down slower.

- It was said that this male had threatened

the victim with a knife.

So we go outside and we start clearing,

and we were able to get him into custody without indecent.

- All right, so I'm trying to get a clear story.

He came in, you tell him to leave,

and then he grabbed your phone and smashed it.

He had broken the victim's phone

to prevent her from calling the police.

We take that pretty serious.

What is he to you?

It's important to figure out

the relationship between the two,

in order to determine what we're gonna charge,

and if it was domestic violence.

He's your ex?

In the state of alaska, marriage isn't the only domestic.

It's roommates, or anybody that's had

a past sexual relationship.

All right, thank you.

She's like, there's no relationship.

I said, "you guys have had intercourse before."

she's like, "yeah."

(tense instrumental music)

(ice cracking)

(wind whooshing)

(beeping)

- never thought in a million years

that I would be in alaska.

There's good things and bad things, of course.

The bad things would be that you're away from home.

I have a pretty large family,

that's a total of five kids.

Being a family man, it's tough when you come up here.

But pays a lot more than it does back home.

So, making the sacrifice to give them a better life.

(ice cracking)

- [dispatch] k-5, dispatch.

- [christopher c] go ahead.

- 10-4.

A gentleman come home from being out

at his cabin for several days.

And when he come home, his house was totally ransacked.

Hey, how are you?

- [victim] oh, I've had better days,

you know how that goes.

They broke this threshold.

This here, they opened up everything,

and trashed everything over here.

But you can see they took some stuff that was here.

- [christopher c] there's stuff everywhere,

everything's on the floor.

Who knows what's gone.

And nothing more was taken from here that you saw?

- [victim] yeah, only thing I saw in here was my son's.

He kept his knives right out here.

- [christopher c] so we're gonna need a list

of everything that was taken, missing, damaged.

So, looks like we had a lot of guns stolen.

- [victim] right.

- [christopher c] anything else?

- [victim] the tv, ivory handled knife.

22 of 'em, and 338 ammo.

I got a bunch of 'em here that.

- [christopher] to match 'em up, too?

- [victim] yeah.

That was long ago.

So that's a reload, you know, my own recipe.

- [christopher c] so you made it?

- I made it, yeah, yeah. - [christopher c] oh, okay.

- Yeah, yeah.

- [christopher c] you almost walked in on this.

Which could have been scary.

- [victim] yeah.

- It could have been real scary.

This case could be pretty serious,

because many guns were taken.

Somebody could find the gun and commit another crime.

Really like to find those guns.

(ice cracking)

(phone ringing)

hello.

Hey annie, how are you?

- What happened?

Really?

I had a call that said, "hey, my son just came home

"from being out drunk, and brought a tv

"that didn't belong to him."

do you still have that tv?

- [annie] yeah. - [christopher c] and you said

you didn't see anything else?

- Okay.

The tv over there might be in connection

to the house that burglarized this morning.

I do need to come over there

and recover the property of the tv.

Is it okay if I come and get that.

- All right, thanks annie.

Bye-bye.

So I'll go over there and speak with her.

Make contact with him and place him into custody.

(tense instrumental music)

lieutenant linger and officer jones

will be with me just in case.

Who knows if he has one of those guns on him.

You just can never be too careful.

- It's scary, because the potential suspect

could be waiting for us.

As a new officer, you really have to rely on

the training that you went through.

You have to rely on your instincts.

(car beeping)

- [officer] good, come on, let's go.

(tense instrumental music) (dogs barking)

enoch, it's police.

(banging)

(birds squawking)

is this the tv he brought in here?

- [annie] yeah, this one. - [christopher c] this is it?

- [annie] this is the one.

- [christopher c] I believe it belongs

to the guy that got burglarized.

This is proof.

Enoch, it's police.

Put your hands behind your back.

Do you have any weapons in here?

- [enoch] no. - [christopher c] no?

All right enoch, let's get out of here.

Okay, come on, you got him from behind.

- [stefanie] step down.

- Hey, for dispatch, 10-80.

All right, have a seat.

Thank you.

Thank you.

K-5 dispatch, in route to krj with one male.

I'm still missing those guns.

Hopefully we'll be able to get some answers.

(eerie instrumental music)

we're gonna go back into the room right here.

(clock ticking)

so tell me what happened this morning.

- Your mom said that y'all had the guns.

And so do you remember where you left them?

No?

Do you wanna go to prison?

If you know where them guns are,

tell me where them guns are.

The evidence was in your house.

The tv from the guy's house was in your room.

Right now, what do you think that shows?

- So tell me about it.

Give me something, tell me something.

- Yeah, what kind of knives?

- Really?

- Tv, ivory handled knife.

- [christopher c] why? Why did y'all do that?

- I don't even know why.

(slow instrumental music)

(ice cracking)

(wind whooshing)

- [christopher c] no.

- You wanna catch everybody, and get everything solved.

So it kind of weighs on you a little bit.

(tense instrumental music)

(wind whooshing)

(banging)

(tense drumming music)

- 10-4.

So we're heading help assist officer wixon.

He thinks he's got a guy with a warrant.

(sirens blaring)

- [andrew] hey guys.

You don't have a license plate light

that's working right now.

What's your name, sir?

- [tony] tony.

- [andrew] do you have your driver's license?

- [andrew] no?

All right, hang tight for a sec.

I think he's lying to me.

Just gotta call for backup.

(sirens blaring)

- in fairbanks, you never know what you're gonna run into

even on a traffic stop.

Outside is good, they respond to these in numbers.

No one's coming up under that name.

- Officer wixon thought this guy may have a warrant,

because he wasn't identifying himself.

- [andrew] you said your name was tony. (beeping)

- that's your nickname?

Okay, what's your real name?

- [andrew] so why did you lie to me about your name?

- [tony] I go by tony.

A lot of my friends call me tony, you know.

- [andrew] all right, hang tight for a sec.

City-05, can you run a. (beeping)

- [andrew] 10-4.

You're under arrest. - [tony] why?

- [andrew] I'll let you know in a moment.

- [tony] yo, I'm good guys, (beep).

You guys saw my stomach (beep) dude.

- [andrew] turns out he was a felon on probation.

- [tony] why am I under arrest?

- [andrew] so your probation wants you remanded.

- [andrew] I'm just making sure you don't

got any weapons on you.

- Okay.

I'm gonna let you know that probation also

wants us to search the vehicle.

You either give me your name,

or you're coming out of the car

and you're going in handcuffs.

- [christopher z] it's a small

criminal community here, fairbanks.

And normally guys with warrants

hang out with other guys with warrants.

- [officer] what's up, man?

The passenger, the same guy that assaulted

his ex girlfriend with a knife.

- [officer] drop it! - [officer] drop it!

- [officer] drop it! - [officer] drop it!

This is a dangerous guy with a history of violence.

Drop it!

You never know if it's that one time

that it's gonna be different.

(dramatic music)

(ice cracking)

- you're under arrest.

- Officer wixon located a vehicle with a felon,

and it turns out another guy in the passenger seat

I know from a previous call.

So we're searching the vehicle

to look for any weapons or drugs.

- Check this backpack right here.

(wind whooshing)

[bleep]

there's a gun in the back.

- We got a gun in here.

- It's important to figure out who the gun belongs to,

because they're both felons.

A felon's not supposed to be in possession of a weapon.

Well, I know that you told me that was your backpack,

and you kinda hinted, you were like,

someone made you put the gun in there,

but it wasn't your gun.

- [andrew] someone else put it in there.

Can you tell me who had the firearm?

- [andrew] so somebody reached back, and you don't know.

- [christopher z] oh, she know.

- I'm gonna just--

- okay, who reached back?

- It was tony, all right.

Can you let probation know that had a firearm on him.

The suspect gave the girl in the backseat

a loaded handgun to hide.

He's on probation, so we'll arrest him

for his probation violation.

(ice cracking)

(wind whooshing)

- by the way, told you I would go find me some.

- [christopher z] wixon's a great guy to work with.

He likes to get involved, he's proactive.

We're kinda similar like that.

- I think zenyuck is a really good officer.

I feel safer.

If he's on my call, I don't have to worry about him.

Glad you were close by, actually.

(giggling)

(tense instrumental music)

- last 45 minutes of day 13 of 14.

- Man, it's gonna be cold.

- Oh (beep) stopping.

Sorry, mike.

- Oh good lord.

(stefanie laughing)

- that's my old supervisor.

Oh, she's getting ready to go hunting with her grandkids.

Give me hugs! (laughing)

I saw you were getting ready to go.

(laughing)

- [woman] are you enjoying your new job?

- Yes, I love my new job.

Arvid, are you gonna be a hunting master

when you're grandma's age?

- We'll let you finish, be safe out there.

I chose to be here in kotzebue.

I like the crazy weather conditions.

I like all of the stuff that many people would find

tough to deal with.

I love it here.

I have a few more shifts left,

and then I'm done with field training.

After that, I'm gonna have to go to the academy

for three and a half months.

What advice can you give me as a new person?

- Up here, it's a very different style of law enforcement.

If you can't adapt to it, especially as a new officer,

you're not gonna make it here.

- Oh, that's a little daunting.

(laughing)

- you'll do fine.

- [stefanie] I hope so.

(muffled radio speaking)

- yeah, what's he saying?

- That's crazy.

That's kind of spooky.

With the isolation, the weather,

and cases that we deal with.

Working here takes a toll on your body,

takes a toll on your mind.

That's spooky.

All right, jeffy.

I'm gonna go home.

Getting ready to head on home to georgia.

Working here, you get burnout pretty quick.

After the second week here,

you don't feel like you can handle it much more.

- [stefanie] it's hard to fill these positions

here in alaska.

Do you wanna live in the arctic?

Do you want to get shot at?

Do you wanna have to get to a domestic in knee-deep snow?

You have to think about all of those things.