The Hoonah Police Department is proud to serve our community with dedication and integrity.
We have three officers and a reserve officer, and up to six emergency dispatchers including a supervisor.
The fire and EMS departments are co-affiliated with the police department.
In addition to serving the City of Hoonah, HPD also patrol the surrounding US Forest Service lands and provide
not only protection to Hoonah's 850 residents, but also to up to 3000 cruise ship visitors 3-4 days a week in warm weather
months (May-Oct).
The area is famous for fishing, bear hunting, whale watching and Alaska's grizzly bears ("browns") in particular.
We have a top rated EMS, a volunteer fire department with new apparatus, a wonderful city school for K-12 and
various businesses that serve our local residents and visitors. We also are located on the State ferry system and Juneau,
the state capital, is only a 20-minute flight away.
Hoonah was originally an ancient Tlingit settlement and grew in recent years. Logging was a major industry until
the demise of local logging in the early 1990's and cruise ship visits then supplemented the local economy.
Fishing remains a staple to the local economy too. The US Air Force had a "White Alice" communications station in
Hoonah until the late 1970's.
The Hoonah police department provides 24-hour police protection and service to the community,
residents and visitors, with patrol, investigative and community policing services. The Alaska State Troopers have a
trooper posted in Hoonah and the US Forest Service also has a law enforcement presence in the area at various times.
We encourage public visits and input to and with our department and personnel.
The Chief has an open door policy. If he is not in, please make an appointment.
Hoonah Police Patch: Along with the rising grizzly bear (of which Hoonah and surrounding Chichagof Island has the
most of per square mil-2.1 of anywhere in the world), it pictures a blue sky with stars which is from the Alaska State Flag,
two totems which are emblematic of the Eagle and Raven of prominent local Tlingit Native history, snow-capped mountains
which represent the mountains of Chicagof Island, blue which is the water and traditional lifeline of the inland passage
Pacific and the Hoonah City Seal is at the bottom with the fishing boat design which represents the region's
traditional dependence on commercial fishing.
Hoonah Police Badge with the Hoonah Grizzly Bear design
