Fairbanks police job listing goes viral as Anchorage officers lose hope under Mayor LaFrance and Chief Case

It was several days after a 16-year-old Anchorage resident was shot and killed before Anchorage Police Chief Sean Case made it clear that the large teen had approached an officer with a knife in her hand and refused to drop it after multiple commands. The incident took place last Tuesday.

In the meantime, the Anchorage mayor, a defund-the-police liberal, had apologized to the family for their daughter’s death, saying it should not have happened.

Mayor Suzanne LaFrance all but blamed police for the incident during Thursday’s press conference, even though police had been called to the scene after the young woman was reportedly threatening family members with a 7-inch bladed knife.

Four days ago, the Fairbanks Police Department posted a job listing targeting those who don’t feel supported by the command chain.

“Are you in a place that’s not the right fit? It could be time for a change. You deserve a department and community that have your back and support the men and women who perform real police work!” the job listing says on Facebook. “Many police officers face the problem of working in an environment that isn’t supportive to law enforcement, fulfilling, or the right fit for their lifestyle. Fairbanks Police is different!”

After listing the pay and benefits, the post says:

“You don’t have to work in an environment that leaves police hung out to dry or where you feel unappreciated and unfulfilled. Come to a place where you and your family can thrive, you can have financial stability, and you receive professional development that sets you up to do the real police work you want to do!”

Anchorage police officers say they feel betrayed by LaFrance and Chief Case, who would not call for people to suspend their snap judgments about what happened until an investigation is completed. LaFrance even implied she would not trust an investigation by the Internal Affairs team at the department and wanted her own investigation, in addition to the required state investigation from the Office of Special Prosecutions.

Police officers tell Must Read Alaska they do not trust Chief Case, who hung the officer who shot the teen out to dry before the facts were known, as he catered to the wishes of the mayor, who has consistently been a critic of law enforcement.