Lake and Peninsula Borough Recent Bookings

Lake and Peninsula Borough stretches across a remote region of Southwest Alaska between Iliamna Lake and the Alaska Peninsula. There are no municipal police departments within borough boundaries. All recent bookings here are handled by the Alaska State Troopers King Salmon Post, with Village Public Safety Officers serving as first responders in outlying communities. This page covers how to find booking records, check inmate status, search active warrants, and access court case filings for this borough.

Lake and Peninsula Recent Bookings - Where to Start

There is no local booking database or police blotter for Lake and Peninsula Borough. The borough has no municipal government with law enforcement functions, and no city police departments operate here. All formal arrest and booking activity goes through the Alaska State Troopers.

The AST Daily Dispatch is the primary public tool for tracking recent law enforcement activity in this region. Filter by detachment for Southwest Alaska activity. Each dispatch entry includes the date, community, nature of the call, and outcome. Arrests appear in the dispatch log as they occur.

For cases that have moved to the court stage, the Criminal Charges Filed report is updated nightly at 9 PM. Lake and Peninsula cases are filed at the Dillingham Superior and District Court, so look for Dillingham entries. The CourtView portal lets you search by name across all Alaska courts to find case records from this borough.

The image below shows the AST Daily Dispatch, which publishes statewide trooper activity including incidents in remote Southwest Alaska boroughs.

Search AST activity logs at the Alaska State Troopers Daily Dispatch.

Filter by detachment and date range to narrow results to Southwest Alaska activity.

AST King Salmon Post

The AST King Salmon Post is the only law enforcement agency with jurisdiction across the entire Lake and Peninsula Borough. Troopers from this post respond to incidents across a vast, roadless region. Most travel is by small plane or boat. Response times to remote communities can run from hours to days depending on weather, aircraft availability, and the nature of the call.

For incidents in the western portion of the borough closer to Dillingham, the AST Dillingham Post may be involved. That post can be reached at (907) 842-5641. Both posts operate under C Detachment, which covers Southwest Alaska.

To request records of AST arrests in Lake and Peninsula Borough, submit a formal written request to the AST Records Section in Anchorage, citing AS 40.25.100. Include the subject's name, the date and location of the incident, and any case number if known. Records involving active investigations or pending charges are typically withheld until the case closes.

Village Public Safety Officers

VPSOs serve as first responders in many Lake and Peninsula Borough communities. They are not sworn police officers with full arrest powers, but they can detain individuals and respond to calls for service until troopers arrive. In practice, VPSOs are often the first and sometimes the only law enforcement contact for routine incidents in remote villages.

VPSO coordination for the Lake and Peninsula area is handled through the Bristol Bay Native Association and other regional nonprofit organizations. One example contact: the Chignik Bay VPSO can be reached at cakelkok@bbna.com. For other villages, contact BBNA directly or reach out to individual village tribal councils.

VPSO activity does not typically appear in public databases or online booking logs. For incidents involving a VPSO response, contacting the village tribal council or the coordinating regional nonprofit is often the most direct approach. If the incident resulted in an AST case, it will eventually appear in the AST records system and, if charges are filed, in CourtView.

Inmate Custody and Holding Facilities

There is no jail within Lake and Peninsula Borough. People arrested here are transported to the nearest available facility. Most go to the Dillingham Correctional Center in Dillingham. For serious felony cases or when Dillingham is at capacity, inmates may be sent to the Anchorage Correctional Complex.

Transport from remote communities in this borough can take significant time, especially in winter or during poor weather. A person arrested in a remote village may be held in a temporary facility until transport is arranged. VINE will not reflect a booking until the individual arrives at a DOC facility.

The image below shows the VINE inmate search system, which lets you check custody status for people held at any Alaska DOC facility.

Search inmate custody status at the VINE inmate search portal, also available by phone at 1-800-247-9763.

VINE is free and available around the clock for name-based and ID-based custody searches.

You can register in VINE to receive automatic notifications when a person's custody status changes. This is useful for tracking someone who may move between facilities during the pretrial period. To check status by phone, call 1-800-247-9763. Under AS 12.62, the criminal justice information system in Alaska is the official source for custody and booking data, and VINE draws from that system.

Dillingham Court - Lake and Peninsula Cases

All Lake and Peninsula Borough criminal cases are heard at the Dillingham Superior and District Court. There is no courthouse within the borough itself. This means defendants are transported to Dillingham for arraignment and trial proceedings, or in some cases, hearings are held via video conference from a remote location.

Case records from Lake and Peninsula Borough arrests appear in CourtView under the Dillingham court location. Search by name to find cases. CourtView shows charges, arraignment dates, hearing schedules, and case dispositions. It is free and does not require an account. For physical copies of court documents, contact the Dillingham court clerk directly.

CourtView does not show sealed cases, juvenile matters, or certain domestic violence protective orders. These are restricted under Alaska court rules and will not appear in public searches regardless of the case location.

Tribal Courts in the Borough

Several Alaska Native tribes within Lake and Peninsula Borough have tribal courts or councils with limited jurisdiction over civil and some family matters. These are separate from state courts and do not handle criminal prosecutions under Alaska law. However, tribal councils play a role in village governance and can be a source of community-level information.

Chignik Bay Tribal Council is at P.O. Box 50, Chignik, AK 99564, phone (907) 749-2445, email cbaytc@aol.com. King Salmon Tribe is located at 0.5 Mile King Salmon Creek Road, King Salmon, AK 99613, P.O. Box 68, phone (907) 246-3553, email kingsalmon@kstribe.com. Other village councils can be contacted through their local post offices or via the tribal directory maintained by the Alaska Federation of Natives.

Tribal courts do not produce booking records in the criminal sense. For criminal arrest and booking information, the state systems described elsewhere on this page are the correct resources.

Active Warrants and Statewide Tools

Outstanding warrants for people in Lake and Peninsula Borough are listed in the statewide database at hotsheets.dps.alaska.gov. The database updates daily and is searchable by name. It covers AST and all other Alaska law enforcement agencies.

The Alaska Sex Offender Registry is free and searchable by name, address, and ZIP code. Registered offenders in Lake and Peninsula Borough communities appear in the registry alongside offenders from urban Alaska. For full criminal history background checks, the DPS background check portal handles name-based searches for $20 and fingerprint-based searches for $35.

The Public Records Guidelines at law.alaska.gov describe how to make and appeal public records requests in Alaska. If an agency denies a request, those guidelines explain the review process under state law. For historical records, the Alaska State Archives in Juneau holds older law enforcement and court documents not available through digital systems.

Nearby Areas

These neighboring boroughs and census areas have their own recent bookings pages with local law enforcement contacts.