About this site
What MatSu Blotter is
MatSu Blotter republishes the Alaska State Troopers' daily dispatches for Mat-Su
Borough communities and places each one on a street map at the most precise
location the dispatch itself supports. It exists to prove a simple product:
if it's on this map, an official source said it — the opposite of the
Facebook rumor mill.
Coverage — read this first
Published: Alaska State Troopers daily dispatches (B Detachment posts
covering Mat-Su communities), 2026-08-14 to 2026-11-11: 115 dispatches, 113 placed on the map.
Not published: Wasilla PD and Palmer PD calls aren't included — neither
department posts a public log; their records are available by request.
Nothing from either city department appears here, even for incidents inside
Wasilla and Palmer city limits that the departments handled themselves.
Troopers also respond inside both cities, and those dispatches do appear.
A curated subset: the Troopers publish a selection of incidents —
arrests, serious collisions, deaths, notable investigations — not every call
for service. This map shows what the Troopers chose to publish. It is not a
count of all crime in the Valley, and quiet areas on the map may simply be
areas the Troopers didn't write up.
How placement works — the honest tiers
◆ Intersection point. The dispatch named two roads ("Knik Goose Bay
Road and Vine Road"), and the roads actually meet there in the Census TIGER
street geometry. The point is the intersection — nothing more precise is claimed.
■ Road corridor. The dispatch named one road, or a highway milepost.
The band drawn is a stretch of that road near the named community. It is a
stretch of road, never an address. When a dispatch reports a milepost, the
card quotes it verbatim; the band shows the highway stretch by the community,
not a surveyed milepost position.
● Community level. The dispatch named only a community ("a residence
in Wasilla"). The marker sits at the community's street center (the median of
its street network, from Census geography). It means "somewhere in this
community" — it is not a street location, and it is never a house.
Current counts: 10 intersection points,
29 road corridors, 74 community-level,
2 published but deliberately not placed.
Published but not placed
These dispatches concern the Mat-Su area but could not be placed honestly
under the rules above. They are listed here rather than forced onto the map.
MVC-Serious Injury
MP34 Glenn Hwy · 2026-10-01 · Case AK26097419not placed on the map
On September 30, 2026, at 12:45 pm, the Alaska State Troopers responded to a report of a single vehicle rollover on the Glenn Highway, near mile marker 34. Investigation revealed an adult male was traveling south on the Glenn Highway in a 2013 Chevy Silverado when he left the highway, struck the center median, and rolled his vehicle. The man was ejected from his vehicle, landed in the northbound lanes, and sustained serious injuries. He was transported to a local area hospital for medical treatment. Glenn Highway northbound was shut down briefly while crews worked to remove the vehicle and debris. The investigation is ongoing.
Not placed — dispatch gives a highway milepost and names no community.
Read the original dispatch at dps.alaska.gov
Warrant Arrest
Palmer · 2026-11-06 · Case AK26105044not placed on the map
On 11/4/26 at approximately 1214 hours, the Alaska State Troopers in Palmer conducted a traffic stop on the Glenn Highway near the Eklutna exit. They contacted 52-year-old Kenneth Smith in the vehicle who had a warrant for his arrest. Kenneth was arrested and transported to Mat-Su Pre-Trial where he was remanded and held on a $5,000 bail.
Not placed — the dispatch's Location says Palmer, but the narrative places the stop at the Eklutna exit, outside the Mat-Su anchor set. Listed, not mapped.
Read the original dispatch at dps.alaska.gov
How the category filter groups dispatch types
The Category filter uses short plain-language headings. Grouping is
mechanical: each dispatch is filed by the exact Type string the
Troopers published — never by a reading of the narrative — and the original
type text is printed on every card. Compound types (several offenses in one
string) sit under the offense the dispatch centers on. The headings are:
DUI, Assault, Arrest, Crash, Traffic, Warrant, Disturbance, Drugs, Theft, Burglary, Property, Fraud, Sex offenses, Death investigation, Other. Every grouping currently in use:
| Troopers' type, as published | Filed under |
|---|
| DUI | DUI |
| DUI & MOCA | DUI |
| DUI/ MIW 4th | DUI |
| DUI/Child Endangerment | DUI |
| DUI/MVC | DUI |
| DUI/Refusal | DUI |
| Assault | Assault |
| Assault / Criminal Mischief | Assault |
| Assault 3, Crim Mis 3 | Assault |
| Assault 4 | Assault |
| Assault 4 DV | Assault |
| Assault 4th/ Unlawful Contact 2nd | Assault |
| Assault in the Fourth Degree / Assault in the Presence of a Child / Criminal Mischief in the Fifth Degree | Assault |
| Assault IV (DV) | Assault |
| Assault IV/DV | Assault |
| DV Assault | Assault |
| DV Assault 2, 3, 4 | Assault |
| DV Assault 3 (x3), DV Assault 4, Assault in the Presence of a Minor (x2), Criminal Mischief 4 | Assault |
| DV Assault 4 | Assault |
| DV Assault, Weapons Misconduct | Assault |
| Arrest | Arrest |
| Collision-Private Property | Crash |
| MVC | Crash |
| MVC - Injury | Crash |
| MVC-F | Crash |
| MVC-Fatal | Crash |
| MVC-Serious Injury | Crash |
| Traffic Pursuit | Traffic |
| Vehicle Pursuit | Traffic |
| Fail to Stop, Warrant Arrest | Warrant |
| Parole Warrant and MICS | Warrant |
| Trespassing/Warrant Arrest | Warrant |
| Warrant Arrest | Warrant |
| Warrant Arrest and Fugitive from Justice | Warrant |
| Warrant Arrest, Escape | Warrant |
| Warrant Arrest, Fugitive | Warrant |
| Disorderly Conduct | Disturbance |
| DV | Disturbance |
| MICS | Drugs |
| MICS 2, MICS 3, MICS 5, Theft 2 | Drugs |
| Misconduct Involving a Controlled Substance in the Fourth & Fifth Degree | Drugs |
| Theft in the Second Degree / Criminal Trespass in the First Degree | Theft |
| Theft Investigation | Theft |
| Trespass 2, Theft 3 | Theft |
| Trespassing/Theft | Theft |
| Crim Mis 4 DV | Property |
| Criminal Mischief | Property |
| Criminal Mischief in the Fourth Degree | Property |
| Criminal Mischief Investigation | Property |
| Criminal Trespass | Property |
| DV Criminal Mischief 5 | Property |
| Trespass | Property |
| SAM III | Sex offenses |
| Sexual Abuse of a Minor 2 | Sex offenses |
| Death Investigation | Death investigation |
| Homicide | Death investigation |
| Animal Cruelty | Other |
A type that appears for the first time is filed under Other until it is
added to this table deliberately.
Charges are accusations
Any charges reported in these press releases are merely accusations and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. That sentence is the Alaska Department of Public Safety's own
wording, printed at the top of every dispatch page, and it applies to every
item on this site. An arrest is not a conviction.
Data sources
Incidents: Alaska State Troopers Daily Dispatches, dailydispatch.dps.alaska.gov,
republished from the public record with attribution and a link to the original.
Streets and community geography: U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line 2025
(public domain). No map tiles, no tracking, no accounts.
Corrections
If we placed a dispatch wrong, or a dispatch itself is wrong, the fix starts
with the case number: email the case number (e.g. AK26123456) and what should
change to corrections@matsublotter.com.
Purposes
MatSu Blotter republishes Alaska State Troopers daily dispatches for general information only. The dispatches are a selection the Troopers choose to publish, not a complete record of crime or calls for service, and locations are shown only at the precision each dispatch itself supports. This site is not an official record, is not affiliated with the Alaska Department of Public Safety, and is not an emergency service — for emergencies call 911. Charges shown are accusations, not convictions; for the official record of any incident, consult the original dispatch or the Department of Public Safety.
MatSu Blotter is published by Cabin Fever Media, Wasilla, Alaska. The site is
refreshed daily from the Troopers' latest postings.
