January 26, 1983 - Leroy Fairbanks of Petersburg will be among twenty five recruit Alaska State Troopers and fish and wildlife protection officers that will begin 13 weeks of intensive training this month at the Department of Public Safety Academy in Sitka. Fairbanks is a recruit trooper.

They comprise the members of the 37th Recruit Academy for the Department of Public Safety.

During the next 13 weeks the recruits will be engaged in a rigorous training program involving 8 – 10 hours of training daily, six days a week. This will include both physical and classroom training with graduatio...