In the dark hours of July 17, 1986, Anchorage felt the sudden shock of gunshots and sirens. Patrol Officer Harry Biddington Hanson, Jr.�a 41-year-old male K-9 officer with the Anchorage Police Department�moved toward the unfolding danger after a traffic stop turned violent. Moments earlier, a gunman had fired on Officer Cindy Mittasch, seized her patrol car, crashed it into a cinderblock wall, and fled on foot into the trees. Hanson left his own dog, Baron, secured in his cruiser and joined anot
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