Leaked records show APD mental health clinician resigned after 18-year-old used her handgun to make threats

Internal Anchorage Police Department (APD) documents obtained by the Landmine show that APD hired a mental health clinician six months after APD investigated her for allegations of criminal sexual abuse of a male minor patient.

Eight months after starting with APD, Chelsie Williams resigned when an Internal Affairs investigation was launched into her misconduct while working as a mental health clinician at APD. The investigation concerned the same patient of Williams for which APD previously criminally investigated her. Following Williams’ resignation (which ended the Internal Affairs investigation), there is no indication that APD took any further action to investigate whether Williams engaged in misconduct or broke the law.

APD hired Williams in June of 2023 to work as a member of its Mobile Intervention Team (MIT) – six months after APD had investigated her for having an inappropriate relationship with a mental health patient, who was a minor at the time…

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