KETCHIKAN — A Ketchikan woman is leading an effort to show local and state law enforcement agencies that they have the community’s support by taking a plunge in the Pacific Ocean.
The Ketchikan Daily News reports that the “Plunge for Peace” event, organized by Debbie Karlson, will take place Saturday at Ketchikan’s Knudson Cove. She says docks will be cleared of boats to make way for jumpers.
Karlson says idea for the plunge came out of wanting to show support for law enforcement following the killings of police in Dallas and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Ketchikan police Chief Alan Bengaard says Ketchikan is fortunate because support for officers “has always been huge.”
The Plunge for Peace event will recognize Ketchikan police, Alaska State Troopers and the U.S. Coast Guard.
