If we need emergency responders, they’re generally at the scene in less than 10 minutes which I find amazing. I was listening to a native Alaskan talk about her best friend and roommate who had gone missing. She said she didn’t really know who to call because they have no police in their town. She ended up calling a police station that was in another town (Nome, Alaska) and around 45 minutes away. The police there called for state support. The investigator they interviewed said something that really hit me. He said that most people know your best chance to solve a crime occurs withing the first 48 hours but unfortunately their response time is around 36 hours when someone around the state needs their help for a major crime.
I take for granted how well protected I am from various hardships. Yet another blessing, out of thousands, that I usually forget to count. Alaska has a terrible record of solving missing persons crimes so as a percentage more people living there don’t get closure when their loved one goes missing or is found dead. I don’t think I’d take it too well.
Picture of Nome, Alaska