Anchorage is set to spend $400,000 to stand up security and trash cleaning services near its emergency winter homeless shelter in Sullivan Arena, following pleas from community councils and residents to address an influx of safety issues.
as an emergency shelter at the end of September. Many say that both the neighborhood and vulnerable homeless residents are suffering unnecessarily. The Fairview Community Council sent the city a letter outlining its requests for help, including regular APD patrols, 24/7 emergency medical services, the fire department’s Mobile Crisis Team and police presence at the Sullivan, safe disposal cans for needles and nearby portable toilets and trash removal.
“What we’re really hoping for, from the municipality, is a contractor who might be able to handle a security issue, but really are going into these places saying, ‘Hey, you can’t be here. Let’s figure out where you can go.’ That’s the big gap,” Klein said.
“I’m excited about that,” Volland said. “... I think in the long term, that’s going to be more of a solution.”
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