Alaska Statutes 18.65.676 – Training

(a) A village public safety officer basic training program must provide

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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 18.65.676

Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060

(1) a physical training program that includes instruction in physical methods of arrest, use of batons, use of chemical defensive weapons, and electronic control weapons;

(2) instruction in

(A) the state‘s criminal and procedural law;

(B) the state’s criminal justice system;

(C) police procedures;

(D) disabilities training described under Alaska Stat. § 18.65.220 (3);

(E) domestic violence and sexual assault prevention and response procedures;

(F) emergency trauma technician training;

(G) search and rescue training;

(H) rural fire protection specialist training.

(b) An individual seeking a village public safety officer certificate under Alaska Stat. § 18.65.682 shall attend all sessions of the basic training required under (a) of this section, unless the director of the training program approves an absence. An individual who is absent for more than 10 percent of the total hours of instruction has not successfully completed basic training.

(c) An individual who fails to comply with the attendance and performance requirements of the training program may be dismissed from the training. The department may not consider a dismissed individual to have successfully completed basic training.

(d) If a village public safety officer receives training that the department did not provide and the entity conducting the training provides a description of the training to the department, the department may take that training into account in determining the completion of basic training and accept other police officer or firefighter training and experience that covers the subject matter required under (a) of this section.

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