You may have noticed an uptake in government officials being charged with crimes against the people they are elected to represent. In Alaska we are seeing it in the courts, with politicians, state agencies like Office of Children's Services and among law enforcement. What you might not be aware of is this problem is coming under national scrutiny. Montana's Attorney General Austin Knudsen has recently made huge headlines. Reporter AMY BETH HANSON from AP news quoted Tim Stauch, "Knudsen or attorneys under his supervision “routinely and frequently undermined public confidence in the fairness and impartiality of our system of justice…
