Title 18 — Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender
43 chapters · 1,022 sections in this title.
AS 18.65.010 Commissioner of public safety may appoint special officers.
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(a) The commissioner of public safety may appoint as special officers qualified police officers of the federal, state, or local government units or other persons with adequate police training over the age of 19 years, as the commissioner considers necessary to aid and assist the …
AS 18.65.020 Uniforms and equipment.
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The state shall provide members of the state troopers with standard uniforms, vehicles, supplies, and equipment necessary to carry out the objects and purposes of AS 18.65.020 — 18.65.110. All of this property shall remain the property of the state.
AS 18.65.030 Establishment of stations and headquarters.
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The commissioner of public safety shall establish stations and headquarters at the places and localities that are necessary for the enforcement of the laws. The state troopers may, with the approval of the governor, have the right to use land and buildings for the accommodation o…
AS 18.65.040 Service without uniform.
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The commissioner of public safety may direct a member to serve without wearing a uniform.
AS 18.65.050 Central information.
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The Department of Public Safety shall make available central information on fingerprints, handwriting, ballistics, stains, and other evidence of crime.
AS 18.65.060 Peace officers to cooperate. [Repealed, § 4 ch 118 SLA 1994.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 18.65.070 Destruction of department files a misdemeanor. [Repealed, § 21 ch 166 SLA 1978.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 18.65.080 Powers and duties of department and members of state troopers.
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(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…
AS 18.65.085 Narcotic drugs and alcohol enforcement.
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(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…
AS 18.65.086 Investigative unit on sexually abused and criminally exploited children.
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(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…
AS 18.65.087 Central registry of sex offenders.
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(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…
AS 18.65.090 Department to assist other agencies.
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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.
AS 18.65.100 Power to command assistance from others.
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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 …
AS 18.65.110 Members not to interfere with rights and property.
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Article 2. Alaska Police Standards Council. 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.
AS 18.65.130 Policy.
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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…
AS 18.65.140 Creation.
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There is created in the Department of Public Safety the Alaska Police Standards Council.
AS 18.65.150 Composition of council.
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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 …
AS 18.65.160 Appointment.
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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 …
AS 18.65.170 Chairman and vice chairman.
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The council shall select its chairman and vice chairman annually.
AS 18.65.180 Holding another office.
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Membership on the council does not disqualify a member from holding any other public office or employment.
AS 18.65.190 Compensation and expenses.
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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.
AS 18.65.200 Meetings.
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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.
AS 18.65.210 Reports. [Repealed, § 12 ch 19 SLA 1981.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 18.65.220 Powers.
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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…
AS 18.65.225 Alaska police training fund.
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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…
AS 18.65.230 Training programs; criminal history records check.
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(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 …
AS 18.65.240 Standards.
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(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…
AS 18.65.242 Standards for municipal correctional, correctional, probation, and parole officers.
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(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…
AS 18.65.245 Denial or revocation of certificate of municipal correctional, correctional, probation, or parole officer.
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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…
AS 18.65.248 Employment of correctional, probation, and parole officers.
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(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…
AS 18.65.250 Financial assistance. [Repealed, § 24 ch 22 SLA 2001.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 18.65.260 Grants.
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(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 18.65.270 Applicability of Administrative Procedure Act.
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AS 18.65.150 — 18.65.290 shall be administered in compliance with AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act).
AS 18.65.280 Exemptions.
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(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…
AS 18.65.285 Municipal correctional employees.
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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.
AS 18.65.290 Definitions.
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Article 3. Identification Cards. 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 …
AS 18.65.310 Identification cards.
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(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…
AS 18.65.311 Anatomical gift.
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(a) The department shall provide a method, at the time that an identification card is issued, by which the card holder may make an anatomical gift under AS 13.52. The method must provide a means by which the card holder may cancel the gift. (b) An employee of the department who p…
AS 18.65.320 Cancellation of identification card.
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(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…
AS 18.65.330 Definition.
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Article 4. Disposal of Firearms and Ammunition. In AS 18.65.310 — 18.65.330, “department” means the Department of Administration.
AS 18.65.340 Disposal of firearms and ammunition by the state and municipalities.
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Article 5. Security Guards. (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 pu…
AS 18.65.400 License as security guard.
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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.
AS 18.65.410 Applications.
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(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 18.65.420 Bonding and insurance.
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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.
AS 18.65.430 Duration of license.
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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.
AS 18.65.440 Revocation of license.
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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…
AS 18.65.450 Regulations.
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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.
AS 18.65.460 Exceptions to licensure.
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An employer is not required to seek licensure for the employer's employees who provide unarmed plant security on that employer's premises.
AS 18.65.470 Firearms training.
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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.
AS 18.65.480 Penalty.
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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.