A Kasaan Village Public Safety Officer was allegedly scratched and almost bit by a suspect during an arrest Tuesday morning.
The unnamed VPSO served 49-year-old Hal Priser, of Kasaan, with a court-issued stalking order around 10:30 a.m., according to an online Alaska State Trooper dispatch. The order banned Priser from the Kasaan city office.
Less than an hour later, troopers say Priser entered the Kasaan city office building, and the VPSO attempted to arrest Priser for violating the stalking order. Priser physically resisted the VPSO and tried to leave, scratching the VPSO’s neck and attempting to bite his hand and wrist, according to troopers.
The VPSO subdued Priser with the help of two other Kasaan residents and taken into custody. Priser was transported to the Craig Police Department Jail and held without bail, troopers wrote.
The VPSO suffered multiple lacerations to his neck as a result of the altercation.
Kasaan is located on Prince of Wales Island, northwest of Ketchikan.
