By Ariana Crockett O’Harra
By Ariana Crockett O’Harra
“It’s always been what I’ve wanted to do since high school,” said Son Erikson, a newly hired officer at the Nome Police Department. “I’ve always just felt like I wanted to help people, wanted to do good.”
Erikson grew up in Nome and he’s NPD’s first home-grown officer in a long time.
It can be hard to find officers with local connections to the community and the department has relied o…
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