Walt Monegan

Walter Carleton "Walt" Monegan III (born May 1951) is the former Police Chief of Anchorage, Alaska, and later Commissioner of Public Safety for the state of Alaska. His dismissal in July 2008 by Alaska governor Sarah Palin drew considerable attention, particularly in the wake of Palin's selection as the Vice-Presidential nominee of the Republican Party the following month. Monegan accused Palin of not telling the truth about the reasons for his dismissal.

In April, 2016, Alaska Governor Bill Walker reappointed Monegan as the Commissioner of Public Safety.

Walter Carleton Monegan III was born in Seattle, Washington in May 1951, the son of Elizabeth (née Clark) and Walter Carleton Monegan, Jr.. Monegan never knew his father, who died heroically in the Korean War on September 20, 1950 at age 19. The elder Monegan would be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions.

Monegan grew up in the small village of Nyac, between Aniak and Bethel in rural Southwest Alaska. Monegan has described himself as part Irish and part Alaska Native, with combined Tlingit and Yupik ancestry. He attended Alaska Methodist University for a year, and then joined the Marine Corps in 1970.

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