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General information
- Occupational information. Visit a licensed AKCIS site to get cccupational outlook and average starting salary information for law enforcement and protective service occupations in Alaska, including State Trooper, State Trooper Recruit, Village Public Safety Officer (VPSO), law enforcement officer, detective and investigator, and fish and game protection officer.
Police training
- Alaska Police Corps. Federally funded program, housed at University of Alaska Fairbanks, to develop and train police officers to fulfill Alaska's public safety needs, with an emphasis on community-oriented policing. Eligible applicants include students enrolled in any accredited public or private nonprofit, four-year college or university in the U.S. (Persons graduated within the past 5 years may be eligible to be waived into the program.) Applicants must commit to completion of their four-year degree, successful completion of an 18-week residential academy which includes police training, and four years of service on community patrol as an officer with an Alaska police department. See also the federal Office of the Police Corps and Law Enforcement Education.
State of Alaska
Alaska State Troopers enforce federal, state, and local
criminal and traffic laws in areas of the state without local
police departments. Fish and Wildlife Troopers enforce
fish and game laws and regulations on Alaska lands and waters.
Airport Safety Officers perform crash/fire/rescue, law
enforcement and safety functions at state-owned international
airports. In general, minimum qualifications for training and
certification under Alaska
Police Standards Council regulations must be met in order
to be employed in Alaska as a State Trooper or Airport Safety
Officer. The required core program of the Public
Safety Academy in Sitka meets training requirements for Troopers.
See APSC:
Regulations for standards and definitions.
- Alaska Department of Public Safety. DPS is Alaska's principal statewide law enforcement agency. Alaska State Troopers: Recruitment Information provides recruitment information and for sworn positions with the Alaska State Troopers and Fish and Wildlife Protection Troopers (who work for the Division of Fish and Wildlife Protection). Applications can be made online.
- Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. Airport Safety Officers are employed in the Alaska airport system through DOT. Recruitment for DOT positions is conducted through the Alaska Division of Personnel, including its online Workplace Alaska site (see below).
- Workplace Alaska. Workplace Alaska is the online recruitment process for all classified positions Range 8 and above with the State of Alaska, including positions with the Alaska Department of Public Safety. Search for Job Class Specifications to learn about public safety and law enforcement-related job classes, including State Trooper, State Trooper Recruit, Airport Safety Officer I-VI, and Court Services Officer. See Job Posting -- By Department to check for current job postings for the Department of Public Safety (unsworn positions only) and the Department of Transportation (Airport Safety Officer positions). Vacancies can be searched by other criteria through the Vacancy Postings Board. (Note: sworn positions with the Alaska State Troopers or the Division of Fish & Wildlife Protection are recruited through Alaska State Troopers: Recruitment Information.)
Local &
Borough Police Departments
Police officers enforce criminal and traffic laws
within their jurisdictions. In general, minimum qualifications
for training and certification under Alaska
Police Standards Council regulations must be met in order
to be employed in Alaska as a police officer. See APSC:
Regulations for standards and definitions. The required core
program of the Public
Safety Academy in Sitka meets training requirements for Alaska
police officers. Village Public Safety Officers (VPSOs)
assist Alaska State Troopers in handling public safety and law
enforcement problems primarily in rural Alaska Native villages;
for further information see Alaska
VPSO Program.
- Anchorage Police Department: Job Opportunities. Recruitment information for Anchorage Police Department, Alaska's largest municipal police department. Continuous recruitment for positions include Police Officer, Communications Clerk, and Police Clerk. Basic information about police recruitment is also provided by the Municipality of Anchorage: Employment Opportunities (Police Officer).
- Fairbanks Police Department: Academy-Hiring
- University Police Department, University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA). UPD positions are recruited through UAA Human Resources.
- University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) Police Department. Current job openings.
- For other local and borough police departments which may have job information on their websites, see Law enforcement > Alaska local law enforcement.