Alaska State Troopers Reality Show Being Pulled

The State of Alaska has decided to not carry on with another season of the National Geographic Channel reality series Alaska State Troopers. 

From the Alaska Dispatch:

Trooper director Col. James Cockrell on Tuesday emailed Department of Public Safety employees announcing the state has decided not to participate in another season of “Alaska State Troopers,” the popular, “Cops”-style series on National Geographic, said trooper spokeswoman Beth Ipsen.

 “DPS has decided to end the production after this season after five years of filming with (production company) PSG Films,” Ipsen wrote in an email. “This decision was not reflective of PSG Films or the quality of their product. It was just time to focus on the job of providing public safety without any added outside distractions.”

 Cockrell did not rule out resuming the series “in a couple of years if there is a desire among DPS to begin another chapter.”

 The state received no money in return for allowing film crews to follow members of the statewide police force as they made arrests in cities and villages across Alaska, although the show is buoyed by state subsidies. The first season aired in 2009, arriving early in the current wave of Alaska-based reality shows.