Some Juneau Residents Want Police to Crack Down on Homeless Encampments. City Officials Say that Might Not Help.

Some Juneau residents want police to crack down on homeless encampments. City officials say that might not help.

Tents line the sidewalks along Teal Street in the Mendenhall Valley on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO) At a recent Juneau Assembly meeting, Juneau property and business owners testified that interactions with unhoused people camping near the airport have been escalating.  “We get attacked,” said Tiffany Koeneman, an employee at Alaska Glacier Seafoods. She told Assembly members that she and her coworkers were recently threa…

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Some Juneau residents want police to crack down on homeless encampme…

Tents line the sidewalks along Teal Street in the Mendenhall Valley on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO) At a recent Juneau Assembly meeting, Juneau property and business owners testified that interactions with unhoused people camping near the airport have been escalating.  “We get attacked,” said Tiffany Koeneman, an employee at Alaska Glacier [...]