Title 18, Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender

The Department of Public Safety shall make available central information on fingerprints, handwriting, ballistics, stains, and other evidence of crime.

(a) The Department of Public Safety and each member of the state troopers is charged with the enforcement of all criminal laws of the state, and has the power of a peace officer of the state or a municipality and those powers usually and customarily exercised by peace officers. E…

(a) There is established in the Department of Public Safety, division of state troopers, a narcotic drugs and alcohol enforcement unit for the purpose of investigating and combating the illicit sale and distribution of narcotic drugs and alcoholic beverages in the state. Enforcem…

(a) There is established in the Department of Public Safety, division of state troopers, a special unit for the purpose of investigating cases of repeated child sexual abuse and the criminal exploitation of children. (b) The commissioner of public safety shall prepare, in odd-num…

(a) The Department of Public Safety shall maintain a central registry of sex offenders and child kidnappers and shall adopt regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this section and AS 12.63. A post of the Alaska state troopers or a municipal police department that rece…

The Department of Public Safety shall assist other departments of the state, municipal, and federal governments in the enforcement of criminal laws and regulations pertaining to those departments.

The Department of Public Safety and members of the state troopers may command the assistance of any able-bodied person to aid in accomplishing the purposes of AS 18.65.020 — 18.65.110, and when called, the person, during the time assistance is required, is considered a member of …

Members of the state troopers may not interfere with the rights or property of any person except in a lawful manner necessary for the prevention of crime or the capture and arrest of an offender.

The administration of criminal justice affects the health, safety, and welfare of the people of this state and requires education and training of a professional quality. It is a primary public interest that applicants meet minimum standards for employment as police officers, prob…

There is created in the Department of Public Safety the Alaska Police Standards Council.

The council consists of the following persons: (1) four chief administrative officers or chiefs of police of local governments; (2) the commissioner of public safety or a designee of the commissioner; (3) the commissioner of corrections or a designee of the commissioner; (4) two …

The commissioner of public safety or a designee and the commissioner of corrections or a designee shall serve during each commissioner's continuance in office. Other members of the council shall be appointed by the governor for staggered terms of four years, except that a member …

The council shall select its chairman and vice chairman annually.

Membership on the council does not disqualify a member from holding any other public office or employment.

The members of the council receive no salary, but are entitled to per diem and travel expenses authorized by law for other boards and commissions.

The council shall meet at least twice a year. The chairman shall set the time and place of the meeting, either on the chairman's own motion or on written request by any three members of the council.

The council has the power to (1) adopt regulations for the administration of AS 18.65.130 — 18.65.290; (2) establish minimum standards for employment as a police officer, probation officer, parole officer, municipal correctional officer, and correctional officer in a permanent or…

The Alaska police training fund is created in the general fund. The fund consists of appropriations made by the legislature to the fund. The legislature may appropriate to the fund the annual estimated balance in the accounts maintained under AS 37.05.142 for money collected unde…

(a) The council shall establish and maintain police training programs, probation and parole officer training programs, and correctional training programs through those agencies and institutions that the council considers appropriate. (b) To determine a person's qualification for …

(a) A person may not be appointed as a police officer, except on a probationary basis, unless the person (1) has satisfactorily completed a basic program of police training approved by the council, which includes at least 12 hours of instruction regarding domestic violence and at…

(a) The council shall establish qualifications for employment of persons as municipal correctional, correctional, probation, and parole officers, including (1) minimum age, physical and mental standards, citizenship, moral character, and experience; and (2) minimum education stan…

The council may (1) deny a certificate to an applicant for a municipal correctional, correctional, probation, or parole officer certificate if the applicant does not meet the standards adopted by the council under AS 18.65.242(a); (2) revoke the certificate of a municipal correct…

(a) A person may not be appointed as a municipal correctional, correctional, probation, or parole officer unless the person has a valid certificate issued by the council under AS 18.65.242. (b) The provisions of (a) of this section do not apply to a person employed on a probation…

(a) The council may accept donations of property, both real and personal, and grants of money from a governmental unit or public agency, or from an institution or person. All money received by the council under this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the account …

AS 18.65.150 — 18.65.290 shall be administered in compliance with AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act).

(a) The commissioner and deputy commissioner of public safety and the chief administrative officers of local police departments are exempt from the requirements of AS 18.65.240. However, a person appointed chief of a local police department after July 1, 1981, who performs any op…

A municipality that employs persons in a municipal correctional facility may, by ordinance, require that those persons meet the requirements of AS 18.65.130 — 18.65.290 that are applicable to municipal correctional officers.

In AS 18.65.130 — 18.65.290, (1) “chief administrative officer” means a chief of police or other official who is head of a police department in a political subdivision; (2) “correctional facility” means a prison or jail owned, leased, or operated by the state that is designated b…

(a) Upon payment of a $15 fee, the department shall issue a card identical to the motor vehicle operator's license provided for in AS 28.15.111, except that the card shall be of a different color and shall state in bold type letters across the face of it that it is for identifica…

(a) The department shall cancel an identification card if the person receiving the card fails to give the required or correct information in the person's application. Nothing in this section prohibits reapplication by the person or reissuance of the identification card. (b) A per…

In AS 18.65.310 — 18.65.330, “department” means the Department of Administration.

(a) Except as provided by (b) of this section, the state and a municipality may only dispose of forfeited, surplus, or recovered but unclaimed firearms and ammunition by (1) public sale not limited to firearms dealers; (2) trade-in for credit in the purchase of a firearm; (3) don…

A person may not be employed as a security guard or security guard agency until the person has obtained a license from the commissioner of public safety under AS 18.65.400 — 18.65.490.

(a) Application for a license as a security guard must be made on forms provided by the commissioner. The application must require the furnishing of information reasonably required by the commissioner to carry out the provisions of AS 18.65.400 — 18.65.490, including classifiable…

As a condition to issuance of a license, the applicant or the applicant's employer must furnish a bond or proof of a policy of insurance to protect the state and its residents from damages arising out of the acts of the licensee.

A security guard license issued under AS 18.65.400 — 18.65.490 is valid for a period of two years and may be renewed for additional two-year terms. A renewal fee of $50 shall be paid for each renewal.

A security guard license issued under AS 18.65.400 — 18.65.490 is subject to revocation in accordance with AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) for the following reasons: (1) false statements in an application issued under AS 18.65.400 — 18.65.490; (2) violation of a provision…

The commissioner shall adopt regulations necessary to implement AS 18.65.400 — 18.65.490, including provisions specifying the amount of bond or insurance required and the types of uniforms, badges, and insignia that may be used.

An employer is not required to seek licensure for the employer's employees who provide unarmed plant security on that employer's premises.

Security guards licensed under AS 18.65.400 — 18.65.490 may not be armed with a firearm for the purpose of protecting property until they have completed firearms training acceptable to the commissioner.

A violation of a provision of AS 18.65.400 — 18.65.490 or a regulation adopted under AS 18.65.450 is a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by imprisonment for not more than 60 days, or by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by both.

In AS 18.65.400 — 18.65.490, (1) “commissioner” means the commissioner of public safety; (2) “security guard” means a person in the business of being a private watchman, providing patrol services, or providing other services designed to prevent the theft, misappropriation, or con…

A person who, in this state, hires another person to guard a person in this state with arms or deadly weapons, or a person who comes into this state armed with deadly weapons for the purpose of guarding a person, without a written permit from the commissioner of public safety, is…

(a) Each established police training program in the state shall provide training that acquaints police officers with (1) laws relating to substantive crimes and rules of criminal procedure applicable in cases involving domestic violence and sexual assault; (2) techniques for hand…

(a) A peace officer investigating a crime involving domestic violence shall protect the victim and any member of the victim's family and prevent further violence by (1) transporting an adult victim and any member of the victim's family from the place of the offense or the place o…

(a) A peace officer investigating a crime involving domestic violence shall orally and in writing inform the victim of the rights of victims of domestic violence and the services available to them. The notice must be in substantially the following form: If you are the victim of d…