Explanations of Employment Turnover Among
Alaska Village Public Safety Officers

Wood, Darryl S. (2002). "Explanations of Employment Turnover Among Alaska Village Public Safety Officers." Journal of Criminal Justice 30(3): 197-215.

Abstract: Since its inception in 1982, turnover has been a problem for Alaska's Village Public Safety Officer (VPSO) Program. This study employed principal components analysis methods to identify factors from the results of a survey of 113 VPSOs for use in an event history regression model to explain officer attrition. The results of the event history analysis indicate that Alaska Native heritage, marriage, satisfaction with training, a lack of absolute poverty, and the presence of other peace officers in the work situation were all associated with a decreased likelihood of officer turnover. The implications of these findings for rural police officer recruitment and retention are discussed.