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The Alaska State Troopers, officially the Division of Alaska State Troopers (AST), is the state police agency of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is a division of the Alaska Department of Public Safety (DPS). The AST is a full-service law enforcement agency that handles both traffic and criminal law enforcement.
Trooper is a rank used by several civilian state law enforcement organizations in the United States.In its plural form, state troopers, it generally refers to sworn members of a state law enforcement agency, state police, state highway patrol, or state department of public safety, even though those officers may not necessarily be of the rank of trooper.
Troopers who complete ten years of satisfactory or exceptional service are promoted to the rank of Senior Trooper. The insignia for this rank consists of a gold-colored 'TFC' collar pin worn on the wearer's right lapel. Troopers who complete five years of satisfactory or exceptional service are promoted to the rank of Trooper First Class.
Wasilla, Alaska Trooper: Tage Brandel Toll: 03-30-2013: Killed in a helicopter crash while on a search and rescue mission: 40: Near Talkeetna, Alaska Sergeant: Patrick Scott Johnson: 05-01-2014: Shot and killed along with Trooper Gabriel Lenox Rich while responding to reports of a person with a firearm: 45: Tanana, Alaska Trooper: Gabriel Lenox ...
The Alaska DPS Academy is the only state law enforcement academy in the nation to provide this type of training for its recruits. Upon graduation from the Trooper Basic Course the trooper recruits are transferred to an urban patrol unit where they will begin a 15-week-long field training program.
According to a press release from the Alaska Department of Public Safety, State Trooper Joseph Miller, 49, and K9 officer Jason Woodruff, 42, initially responded to a report in May that stated a ...
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Alaska.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 50 law enforcement agencies employing 1,298 sworn police officers, about 189 for each 100,000 residents.
By RACHEL D'ORO Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- A 19-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the shooting deaths of two troopers in a remote village, the Alaska State Troopers ...