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Issue record

Crime and public safety

In short

Bronson's campaign backs police and citizens' direct access to grand juries; Kreiss-Tomkins's would fund shelters and village public safety officers. Taylor's campaign would keep cracking down on crime; Wilson's lists no public safety plan on the pages checked. Bronson's administration signed a police contract raising pay 7.8% in 2024; it needed Assembly approval. Taylor's department backed a governor-proposed law making some fatal drug deliveries second-degree murder; no record found ties falling crime to his policies.

Campaign positions

What each campaign says.

Dave Bronson

Would back law enforcement and push to restore citizens' direct access to grand juries.

Treg Taylor

Says he will keep cracking down on crime as he did as attorney general.

Bernadette M. Wilson

No public safety plan found on her campaign site or in her election statement, which names drug and mental health crises as a problem.

Evidence timeline

What the record shows.

  1. campaign position

    Treg Taylor: record does not settle this

    The overall crime rate fell 7% in 2024; burglaries were the fewest since at least 1974 and reported rapes 24% below 2018. A 40-year low or link to his policies is not established.

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    His campaign says that as attorney general he put in place policies that drove crime to a 40-year low and helped cut sexual assaults by 25%. The state's 2024 report says the overall crime rate fell 7% that year and burglaries were the fewest since at least 1974. Reported rapes fell 26% from 2018 to 2023, and in 2024 were 24% below 2018. Why there is no verdict: Whether crime hit a 40-year low is not established: we found no FBI table of Alaska's yearly crime rate back to 1985. No record we found ties the drop to his policies. Limit: Crime counts are offenses reported to police. Many things besides prosecutors affect them.

  2. official action

    Treg Taylor: Matches stated direction

    His department said in 2025 that Alaska's opioid settlements commit nearly $102 million, paid over many years, so not all of it has been received.

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    In the October 8 debate he said he worked with Democrats to hold drug companies responsible for the opioid epidemic and received over $100 million for addiction recovery in Alaska. In July 2025, while he was attorney general, his department said Alaska's settlements with companies that helped fuel the opioid epidemic commit nearly $102 million. The latest was a national deal negotiated by nine other states. A March 2024 release put the total then at about $99 million, paid over 10 to 15 years. Limit: The total is money promised and paid over many years, not money already received.

  3. official action

    Treg Taylor: Matches stated record claim

    HB 66, proposed by the governor and signed in 2024 while he was attorney general, makes it second-degree murder to deliver certain drugs that cause a death.

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    His campaign says he changed the law so fentanyl dealers whose drugs kill someone face second-degree murder charges. In February 2023, while he was attorney general, the governor proposed this change in HB 66, and his department presented the bill to the House Judiciary Committee. The House passed its version 35 to 5 on May 11, 2023. In April 2024 the head of his department's criminal division spoke for it to the Senate Judiciary Committee. HB 66, signed July 11, 2024, makes it second-degree murder to knowingly make or deliver certain drugs when someone dies from taking them. Taylor praised the law at the signing. Limit: The governor proposed it and the Legislature passed it. His department presented and spoke for it; the records do not show his own part in writing it. The law covers more drugs than fentanyl.

  4. official action

    Dave Bronson: Matches stated record claim

    A 2023 contract extension his administration signed with the police union raised wage rates 7.8% in 2024, with more raises each year through 2027.

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    His campaign says that as mayor he invested in public safety by raising police pay. On November 3, 2023, the police union signed a contract extension with his administration. It raised police wage rates 7.8% in January 2024, then 3.3% in 2025, 4.3% in 2026 and 3.3% in 2027, and ran the contract through 2027. Limit: The deal needed the Assembly's approval; we did not find its vote. The Assembly added $3.3 million to the 2024 police budget for higher labor costs. The raises began in 2024, his last year in office.

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Sources26 source records

How we use sources

  1. Official election pamphlet statement: Dave Bronson (document)

    Alaska Division of Elections · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Candidate-written and candidate-paid statement published by the Division of Elections, which says the views are the candidate's own.

    candidate statement

    For: Dave Bronson: campaign position

  2. Restoring grand jury independence under the Alaska Constitution (document)

    Bronson Church 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign plan, a PDF linked from his policies page.

    candidate statement

    For: Dave Bronson: campaign position

  3. Issues and prioritieshttps://www.jktforak.com/platform

    JKT for Alaska · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign platform.

    candidate statement

    For: Jonathan S. "JKT" Kreiss-Tomkins: campaign position

  4. Treg Taylor for Alaska Governorhttps://tregforak.com/

    Treg for Governor · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign site, signed 'Paid for by Treg for Governor'. One long page with his record list and plans. Links his X, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube accounts.

    candidate statement

    For: Treg Taylor: campaign position; Treg Taylor: record does not settle this; Treg Taylor: Matches stated record claim

  5. Bernadette for Governor, homehttps://www.bernadetteforgovernor.com/

    Bernadette for Governor · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign site, signed 'Paid for by Bernadette for Governor'. Links her X, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube accounts.

    candidate statement

    For: Bernadette M. Wilson: campaign position

  6. On the issueshttps://bernadetteforgovernor.com/on-the-issues/

    Bernadette for Governor · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign issues page: education and the Permanent Fund Dividend.

    candidate statement

    For: Bernadette M. Wilson: campaign position

  7. Official election pamphlet statement: Bernadette M. Wilson (document)

    Alaska Division of Elections · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Candidate-written and candidate-paid statement published by the Division of Elections, which says the views are the candidate's own.

    candidate statement

    For: Bernadette M. Wilson: campaign position

  8. Crime in Alaska 2024 (document)

    Alaska Department of Public Safety · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The state's annual crime report, published October 2025, covering 2020 to 2024. Says the overall reported crime rate fell 7.0% in 2024, the property crime rate is the lowest in well over a decade, the violent crime rate is the lowest since 2015, and burglaries the fewest since at least 1974. Its counts differ slightly from the FBI's.

    official office record

    For: Treg Taylor: record does not settle this

  9. Crime Data Explorer: Alaska rape, 2018 to 2024https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/summarized/state/AK/rape?from=01-2018&to=12-2024

    Federal Bureau of Investigation · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Rapes reported by Alaska police agencies: 1,208 in 2018, 896 in 2023 (26% fewer) and 923 in 2024 (24% fewer). The FBI counts rape, which is narrower than all sexual assault.

    official office record

    For: Treg Taylor: record does not settle this

  10. Crime Data Explorer: Alaska violent crime, by month, 1985 to 2024https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/summarized/state/AK/violent-crime?from=01-1985&to=12-2024

    Federal Bureau of Investigation · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The FBI's monthly counts and rates of violent crime reported by Alaska police agencies, 1985 (the earliest year it serves) to 2024. Adding monthly rates does not give a yearly rate, and we found no FBI table of Alaska's yearly rates for those years.

    official office record

    For: Treg Taylor: record does not settle this

  11. Crime Data Explorer: Alaska property crime, by month, 1985 to 2024https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/summarized/state/AK/property-crime?from=01-1985&to=12-2024

    Federal Bureau of Investigation · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The FBI's monthly counts and rates of property crime (burglary, theft and vehicle theft) reported by Alaska police agencies, 1985 to 2024.

    official office record

    For: Treg Taylor: record does not settle this

  12. Debate for the State, Alaska governor, October 8, 2026 (at 54:08)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWhiyir9eoI&t=3248s

    Alaska Public Media · Published Oct 8, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    The hosts' video of the live governor debate (Alaska Public Media, Alaska's News Source and KTOO). Taylor says he worked with Democrats to hold drug companies responsible for the opioid epidemic and received over $100 million for addiction recovery in Alaska. Described from YouTube's captions of the video, read on October 10, 2026; not quoted, because a second transcript to check the wording against was not available.

    candidate statement

    For: Treg Taylor: Matches stated direction

  13. Alaska to receive approximately $1.8 million from opioid settlementhttps://law.alaska.gov/press/releases/2025/071025-Opioid.html

    Alaska Department of Law · Published Jul 10, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Dated July 10, 2025. Says that with this deal Alaska's opioid settlements commit nearly $102 million from companies that helped fuel the epidemic. Nine other states negotiated it.

    official office record

    For: Treg Taylor: Matches stated direction

  14. CVS Pharmacy to settle for $10 million for Alaska opioid crisishttps://www.law.alaska.gov/press/releases/2024/030824-Opioid.html

    Alaska Department of Law · Published Mar 8, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Dated March 8, 2024. Lists the settlements so far and says they come to about $99 million paid to the state over the next 10 to 15 years.

    official office record

    For: Treg Taylor: Matches stated direction

  15. Governor Dunleavy targets sex traffickers, drug dealers with new crime legislationhttps://gov.alaska.gov/governor-dunleavy-targets-sex-traffickers-drug-dealers-with-new-crime-legislation/

    Office of the Governor · Published Feb 8, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Published February 8, 2023. The governor introduces SB 64 (HB 66), which would allow second-degree murder charges for a drug that causes an overdose death.

    official office record

    For: Treg Taylor: Matches stated record claim

  16. HB 66 (2023), as introduced (document)

    Alaska Legislature · Published Feb 8, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Introduced February 8, 2023 'by the House Rules Committee by request of the governor'. Section 1 adds the drug-death murder charge to AS 11.41.110(a).

    official legislative record

    For: Treg Taylor: Matches stated record claim

  17. House Judiciary Committee minutes, February 27, 2023 (document)

    Alaska Legislature · Published Feb 27, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026

    Deputy Attorney General John Skidmore introduced HB 66 for the governor, and Assistant Attorney General Kaci Schroeder presented its sectional analysis: section 1 moves a drug-death homicide from manslaughter to second-degree murder.

    official legislative record

    For: Treg Taylor: Matches stated record claim

  18. House Journal, May 11, 2023 (document)

    Alaska Legislature · Published May 11, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026

    Records the House passing CSHB 66(FIN) am, 35 to 5.

    official legislative record

    For: Treg Taylor: Matches stated record claim

  19. Senate Judiciary Committee minutes, April 29, 2024 (document)

    Alaska Legislature · Published Apr 29, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026

    Angie Kemp, director of the Department of Law's criminal division, said HB 66 responds to a public health crisis from fentanyl and methamphetamine and is meant to deter those offenses.

    official legislative record

    For: Treg Taylor: Matches stated record claim

  20. Alaska Senate rolls out crime bill tackling fentanyl, child abuse and grand jury ruleshttps://alaskapublic.org/2024/04/30/alaska-senate-rolls-out-crime-bill-tackling-fentanyl-child-abuse-and-grand-jury-rules/

    Alaska Public Media · Published Apr 30, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    By Eric Stone, April 30, 2024. Angie Kemp, director of the Department of Law's criminal division, told the Senate Judiciary Committee the drug penalties in HB 66 respond to the overdose crisis. The committee's own minutes are listed separately.

    original reporting

    For: Treg Taylor: Matches stated record claim

  21. HB 66 (2024), enrolled (document)

    Alaska Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The omnibus crime bill as passed, headed 'Laws of Alaska 2024'. Section 3 adds AS 11.41.110(a)(6): second-degree murder when a person knowingly makes or delivers certain controlled substances and another person dies from taking them.

    official legislative record

    For: Treg Taylor: Matches stated record claim

  22. Governor Mike Dunleavy signs landmark omnibus bill to combat crime and protect crime victimshttps://gov.alaska.gov/governor-mike-dunleavy-signs-landmark-omnibus-bill-to-combat-crime-and-protect-crime-victims/

    Office of the Governor · Published Jul 11, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Published July 11, 2024. Says the governor signed HB 66 that day and quotes Attorney General Treg Taylor.

    official office record

    For: Treg Taylor: Matches stated record claim

  23. About Dave Bronsonhttps://www.davebronson.com/about-dave

    Bronson Church 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign biography.

    candidate statement

    For: Dave Bronson: Matches stated record claim

  24. APDEA administrative agreement 2023-02, contract extension (document)

    Municipality of Anchorage · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    A scanned PDF, read by OCR. Signed by the union president and the city's labor relations director on November 3, 2023. Raises wage rates 7.8% in January 2024, 3.3% in 2025, 4.3% in 2026 and 3.3% in 2027, and extends the contract to December 31, 2027. It takes effect on Assembly approval, and the parties would renegotiate a lump sum if it was not approved by January 28, 2024; we did not find the Assembly's vote. Page 1 is headed 'APDEA AA # 2023-01'; every other page says AA#2023-02.

    official office record

    For: Dave Bronson: Matches stated record claim

  25. Human Resources: APDEAhttps://www.muni.org/Departments/employee_relations/pages/apdea.aspx

    Municipality of Anchorage · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The city's page for the police union contract. Lists the 2021-2027 agreement and administrative agreement 2023-02.

    official office record

    For: Dave Bronson: Matches stated record claim

  26. 2024 approved general government operating budget (document)

    Municipality of Anchorage · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The budget the Assembly adopted for 2024 (AO 2023-95 as amended). Assembly amendment #52, line 9, adds $3.3 million to the police budget for labor increases; the mayor did not veto it. An earlier proposed amendment (Johnson No. 12, November 9, 2023 worksession) sought $2.85 million because the city and the police union had just closed a four-year contract.

    official office record

    For: Dave Bronson: Matches stated record claim