April/May/June Chapter Chat

Promotions

  • Gerard Asselin, NA Session 276, with the Anchorage Police Department was promoted to Captain.

  • David Hanson, NA Session 246, with the Alaska State Troopers was promoted to Major, Division Headquaters.

  • Derek Degraff, NA Session 266, with the Alaska State Troopers was promoted to Captain with the Alaska Wildlife Troopers.

Retirements

  • Colonel Barry Wilson, NA Session 244, retired on January 15th, 2020 after nearly 30 years with the Alaska State Troopers working in Anchorage, Girdwood, Soldotna, C-Detachment and Headquarters serving in the ranks of Sergeant, Lieutenant, Captain and Colonel. “I was honored to be a member of the department and to have served for as long as I did. I look forward to seeing the future as it unfolds.” Col Wilson will remain in Alaska and plans to focus on expanding the FBINAA-AK activities with several more training and social activities in the future.

  • Major Andrew Greenstreet, NA Session 234 and NEI Class 40, retired on April 30th, 2020 from the Alaska State Troopers with more than 25 years in Alaska Law Enforcement. Major Greenstreet began his law enforcement career in September of 1987 as part of the Alaska State Troopers Explorer Program. He paid his way through the Department of Public Safety Training Academy and graduated in May 1994. Later that year he was hired by the Sitka Police Department where he worked for three years before returning home to Palmer where he worked for the local police department for a year. In December 1998 he was hired by the Alaska State Troopers, and rose through the ranks after completing his bush time in Kotzebue. In retirement, he and his wife plan to establish a faith-based, non-profit Law Enforcement retreat for active LEOs and their families on their 75 acres in Southwest Missouri.