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Municipal attorney previews Title 8 changes to address public-safety gaps, outlines state collaboration
Summary
Municipal Attorney Eva Gardner told the Anchorage Assembly Rules Committee that a Title 8 ordinance will be introduced to close gaps in the municipal penal code (including indecent exposure and disorderly conduct provisions) and described a new collaboration with the state prosecutor's office to better coordinate misdemeanor prosecutions.
Municipal Attorney Eva Gardner on Thursday previewed an ordinance to the Anchorage Assembly that would amend Title 8 of the municipal code to close gaps the office says hinder police and prosecutorial responses in public spaces.
"This proposes some limited changes to title 8, our penal code, specifically to the sections on indecent exposure and disorderly conduct to add in some conduct that currently, identified, you know, this conduct is happening. There's no response we can make," Gardner said, adding the goal is "to promote safety in public spaces by kind of re making sure that we have…
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