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The Best Episodes of Alaska State Troopers

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They are the first line of defense on the last frontier, the roughly 400 state troopers who patrol the rugged and unforgiving terrain of America’s largest state — Alaska. One of the toughest law enforcement

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    Alaska State Troopers Season 6 Episode 6 - In the Line of Duty
    8.5/10(8 votes)

    #1 - In the Line of Duty

    S6:E6

    Follow the troopers as they enter into the cold, dark and dangerous world of Alaska's criminals. In the Mat-Su Valley, Sgt. Manrique is forced into a father and son conflict in which the father nearly stabbed his son to death. Then in Wasilla, Trooper Cronin investigates a suspicious truck in a gas station parking lot and finds a familiar face — a felonious woman he's been searching for. Meanwhile up in Fairbanks, Trooper Haley gets word of an intoxicated man camping in the Alaskan woods.

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  2. Alaska State Troopers Season 6 Episode 5 - Crawl Space Capture
    8.4/10(6 votes)

    #2 - Crawl Space Capture

    S6:E5

    On a dangerously cold winter night, the Troopers hunt for a man who is threatening to end his own mother's life. The Troopers let loose at the 53rd annual shooting competition against the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

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  3. Alaska State Troopers Season 4 Episode 21 - Chopper Down
    8.3/10(7 votes)

    #3 - Chopper Down

    S4:E21

    Wildlife Troopers Ernie Brent and Levi Duell race on snow machines against the time and the freezing temperatures to rescue a missing pilot.; Trooper Johnson is on a mission to catch a snow machine thief.

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  4. Alaska State Troopers Season 4 Episode 5 - Armed and Bootlegging
    8.0/10(7 votes)

    #4 - Armed and Bootlegging

    S4:E5

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  5. Alaska State Troopers Season 6 Episode 7 - Too Drunk To Drive
    7.8/10(7 votes)

    #5 - Too Drunk To Drive

    S6:E7

    From a hot pursuit on ice-covered roads to a moose disrupting busy streets, no patrol measures up to the bone-chilling magnitude as those of Alaska's state troopers. In Fairbanks, Trooper Rallo is in dangerous pursuit of a stolen vehicle. Down in Palmer, a call comes out to Trooper Taylor of a car accident involving a moose on the Glenn Highway, where thousands of drivers commute every day. In Homer, Trooper Chaffin searches for the suspect of a local burglary before he flees the state.

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  6. Alaska State Troopers Season 4 Episode 9 - Hostage Standoff
    7.6/10(6 votes)

    #6 - Hostage Standoff

    S4:E9

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  7. Alaska State Troopers Season 1 Episode 4 - The Wild West
    7.4/10(11 votes)

    #7 - The Wild West

    S1:E4

    Go inside one of the worlds most unique law enforcement agencies as the Alaska State Troopers fight crime, enforce fish and game regulations, and patrol the rugged terrain of Americas largest state. This episode takes viewers across Alaskas vast frontier as Troopers fight crime in Brevig Mission, survey the devastating flooding of the mighty Yukon River, go inside the walls of Anvil Mountain Correction Center in Nome, and take a few minutes to watch part of the famed Iditarod Dog Sled Race.

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  8. Alaska State Troopers Season 4 Episode 11 - Meth Dealer Manhunt
    7.4/10(6 votes)

    #8 - Meth Dealer Manhunt

    S4:E11

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  9. Alaska State Troopers Season 6 Episode 10 - Head-On Collision
    7.4/10(6 votes)

    #9 - Head-On Collision

    S6:E10

    On the Parks Highway — the busiest stretch of road between Anchorage and Fairbanks — a head-on collision between an SUV and semi-truck shuts down the highway. Trooper Anderson arrives at the scene to find those in the SUV badly injured, and must work quickly with the emergency crew to save those whose lives are on the line. Across the valley, Trooper Noll responds to a burglary in progress and drives head-on into imminent danger, chasing after the suspect on ice-covered roads.

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  10. Alaska State Troopers Season 2 Episode 1 - Spring Break Madness
    7.3/10(8 votes)

    #10 - Spring Break Madness

    S2:E1

    A handful of troopers attempt to keep the peace between 12,000 partiers at Arctic Man. But heavy drinking, downhill ski races and high powered snow machines make this annual event a challenge.

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  11. Alaska State Troopers Season 2 Episode 2 - Arctic Force
    7.2/10(7 votes)

    #11 - Arctic Force

    S2:E2

    Alaska State Troopers use the frozen Bering Sea as an airstrip in order to reach one of the most remote villages in America, where they deal with everything from an arrest to polar bears.

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  12. Alaska State Troopers Season 4 Episode 16 - Trooper Stalker
    7.2/10(5 votes)

    #12 - Trooper Stalker

    S4:E16

    A trooper investigates a deadly fire in Alakanuk.

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  13. Alaska State Troopers Season 1 Episode 3 - Alaskan Justice
    7.1/10(8 votes)

    #13 - Alaskan Justice

    S1:E3

    In the Alaskan outback, alcohol abuse is devastating communities and sending crime rates through the roof. Enforcing the law in this vast and nearly road-less region presents extreme challenges. The jail is located over a hundred miles from some of the native Alaskan villages where crimes are committed, and its the job of the State Troopers to haul suspects in. But in a world almost empty of roads, the job requires risky plane flights and boat trips for Troopers traveling alone with potentially dangerous offenders. Once in jail, untested inmates must defend themselves against tougher and more aggressive convicts, while guards strive to keep homemade alcohol out of the jail so that mayhem doesnt prevail.

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  14. Alaska State Troopers Season 4 Episode 7 - Campground Crazies
    7.0/10(7 votes)

    #14 - Campground Crazies

    S4:E7

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  15. Alaska State Troopers Season 4 Episode 14 - Fatal Inferno
    7.0/10(7 votes)

    #15 - Fatal Inferno

    S4:E14

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  16. Alaska State Troopers Season 1 Episode 2 - Crime on the Kenai
    6.9/10(13 votes)

    #16 - Crime on the Kenai

    S1:E2

    Unforgivable terrain mixed with big city crime makes challenging work for troopers in Soldotna, a city on the Kenai Peninsula. Trooper Brent Hatch responds to an ATV accident where an intoxicated youth lashes out. After a struggle, the youth ends up inside the walls of Wildwood Pretrial Facility. Then, a trooper investigates a collision between a motorcyclist and a semi truck, while another tracks down an 11-year-old runaway. Several troopers spend hours searching pitch black woods for a suspect who has previously assaulted an officer, and a wildlife trooper hits the waterways of the Kenai River. Alaska has the highest rate of missing persons reports in the country, and troopers are responsible for search and rescue missions. They must take to the skies to find two hunters stranded in the southeastern wilderness, an area with one of the highest concentrations of bear mauling in Alaska.

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  17. Alaska State Troopers Season 4 Episode 2 - Knife Fight
    6.9/10(9 votes)

    #17 - Knife Fight

    S4:E2

    Snowflakes fall as Trooper Howie Peterson responds to a snow-machine accident where the victim may be dead or alive. As night falls, he frantically sets out into the backwoods of avalanche country to find the man. Then, a horrific stabbing sends trooper Blake Calhoun on a search for the stabber in a maze of unsecured cabins, where the potentially armed man could be hiding behind any door. Later, Trooper Anthony Stariha tries to catch a speeding vehicle before reaching the populous town center.

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  18. Alaska State Troopers Season 1 Episode 5 - Frontier Force
    6.8/10(7 votes)

    #18 - Frontier Force

    S1:E5

    Go inside one of the worlds most unique law enforcement agencies as the Alaska State Troopers fight crime, enforce fish and game regulations, and conduct search and rescue operations in Americas last frontier. This episode takes viewers all over this enormous state as Troopers fight crime on the streets of Wasilla, conduct a search and rescue operation on the frozen Yukon River, enforce hunting regulations in the wilds near Fairbanks, and train for survival in Sitka.

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  19. Alaska State Troopers Season 2 Episode 9 - Highway Hijinks
    6.8/10(6 votes)

    #19 - Highway Hijinks

    S2:E9

    From traffic stops to fleeing suspects to checking bear bait stations, troopers on the Seward Highway stretching along the Kenai Peninsula hunt criminals, enforce wildlife laws and keep the peace.

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  20. Alaska State Troopers Season 4 Episode 3 - Alaska Chainsaw Massacre
    6.8/10(8 votes)

    #20 - Alaska Chainsaw Massacre

    S4:E3

    Winter has seized Alaska, and Trooper Timothy Cronin gets a chilling call sounding like a domestic violence situation involving a chainsaw. But to get to this rural area, Trooper Cronin has to navigate through record snowfall. Then, Trooper Howie Peterson is greeted by a man at a cabin with a 15-inch knife and a rifle. Finally, Trooper Anne Sears responds to a crime against a village public safety officer and has to fly in unpredictable weather. Time to bring the rifles.

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  21. Alaska State Troopers Season 2 Episode 3 - Justice Below Zero
    6.5/10(9 votes)

    #21 - Justice Below Zero

    S2:E3

    From search and rescue missions atop massive mountains to street crime in the freezing Alaska night, there's nothing Alaska State Troopers won't tackle.

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  22. Alaska State Troopers Season 4 Episode 10 - Armed & Squatting
    6.5/10(8 votes)

    #22 - Armed & Squatting

    S4:E10

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  23. Alaska State Troopers Season 1 Episode 6 - Drug Bust
    6.3/10(12 votes)

    #23 - Drug Bust

    S1:E6

    Watch as the Troopers special drug unit goes undercover to set up an Oxycontin dealer in the western outpost of Bethel. Even with its remote location, Bethel has its share of big-city drug problems. The Western Alaska Alcohol and Narcotics Team (WAANT) is a task force that combats the illegal sale of drugs and alcohol in "Bush" Alaska. Follow from set up to exciting bust as an investigator goes undercover to make an Oxycontin buy from a known dealer. Then, troopers investigate domestic calls in Bethels neighborhoods and patrol the highway in the Mat-Su Valley. Later, another trooper takes to the waters of the Sitka Sound to assist in an ATV crash investigation, and wildlife troopers travel miles off the beaten path to patrol frozen lakes.

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  24. Alaska State Troopers Season 6 Episode 9 - Backwoods Bust
    6.3/10(7 votes)

    #24 - Backwoods Bust

    S6:E9

    Trooper Cronin is patrolling Palmer's slippery streets when he gets a call about a suspected drunk driver going in the wrong direction. Across the valley, Trooper Taylor investigates the theft of a $15,000 ATV and goes on a 12-hour hunt that leads him into the Alaska woods in the dead of night. North in Fairbanks, Trooper Mike Munson responds to a call that a man who threatened his former landlord's life is stalking outside the landlord's home.

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  25. Alaska State Troopers Season 1 Episode 1 - Ice Patrol
    6.2/10(20 votes)

    #25 - Ice Patrol

    S1:E1

    At the 2009 Arctic Man Ski and Sno-Go Classic--Alaskas version of Mardi Gras--troopers face a massive law enforcement challenge as roughly 10,000 people celebrate and snowmachine enthusiasts test their skills. The races and parties last for 4 days in the remote Hoodoo Mountains, and its up to just 13 Alaska State Troopers to keep the peace, enforce the laws, and perform dangerous search and rescue missions. Then in Fairbanks, troopers fight crime and undergo a nighttime training exercise while another trooper and his K-9 partner search a suspicious vehicle. And wildlife troopers have their hands full during the moose hunting season: theyre on the case when several illegally killed animals are discovered.

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Best Episodes Summary

"In the Line of Duty" is the best rated episode of "Alaska State Troopers". It scored 8.5/10 based on 8 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 8/19/2014. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Crawl Space Capture".