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encouraged and permitted to participate.This option would require a change to the employerspecific language in AS 18.65.220 & 18.65.290(7) that currently allows only state, municipal, andcertain federally employed officers to be certified. Greater rural representation in the APSCprocess and governance would improve its responsiveness to rural concerns.Rationale for Option: This option was developed after consideration of the health aide andAustralian models in the context of the existing types of law enforcement officers in rural Alaska.There were concerns about uniformity, turn-over rates, and lack of opportunity for advancement.Impact Statement: A uniform tiered system of training and certification would help to unify theoverall system of law enforcement in rural Alaska. It would also provide an opportunity forvillage-based officers to advance to full APSC police officer certification.Recommendation 10 (LE-4)Statement of Need:Cross-deputization can provide efficiencies and improvements in rural law enforcement byfostering a cooperative and collaborative system between the State, municipalities and the Tribes.Option:Develop a template cross-deputization agreement between the State and Tribes that can be usedas a basis for individually negotiated agreements. Cross-deputization agreements have potentialfor combining scarce funds to provide direct and local service in rural Alaska. Such agreementscould also create efficiencies and other improvements in law enforcement service delivery, andcould be entered into between Tribes and the State boroughs or cities. Alaska Statute 18.65.010currently allows such agreements.Rationale for Option:The workgroup considered cross-deputization agreements from other States. The workgroup alsoconsidered the current Quinhagak tribal-city agreement. The workgroup considered the crossdeputizationagreements for the concept of cooperation and collaboration, and does not endorseany particular agreement as a model for the template agreement contemplated above.Impact Statement:A template cross-deputization agreement would set the parameters of a generally acceptableagreement subject to individual negotiations between the State and interested Tribes. It wouldalso help to fix expectations on generally acceptable contractual language for core issuesaddressed in such collaborative agreements.______________________________________________________________________________Recommendation 11 (LE-2)Statement of Need:There is a shortage of funding for rural police and public safety officers that need further trainingand certification.Option:Provide further funding for training and certification of rural police and public safety officers.The additional funding should be sought from all available sources including the state and federalgovernments, local sources (including in kind support), and alternative funding sources such asgrants. Local support expected should be adequate and appropriate to community size, need, andcapacity.Rationale for Option:The workgroup considered the inability of small, rural communities to provide adequate fundingfor the training and certification of their police and public safety officers.Alaska Rural Justice and Law Enforcement Commission - Page 87
Impact Statement:Increased training and certification of rural police and public safety officers would increase thecapacity of those officers to provide services in their home communities._____________________________________________________________________________Recommendation 12 (LE-11)Statement of Need:Police and public safety services must be adequate and appropriate to each community’s size andneed, accounting for local capacity.Option:Provide police and public safety services in Alaska that are appropriate and adequate to eachcommunity’s size and need, accounting for local capacity. The Department of Public Safetymodify the definition of a village to mean a community with a population of less than 1,500individuals based on the most recent federal consensus. Improvement is needed to provideadequate and appropriate coverage in many rural communities, particularly in many larger offroadvillages.Local contributions, including in-kind contributions, may be required for buy-in and support.Such local contributions should be based upon the community’s ability to generate suchcontribution locally and should be accounted for and attributed to the community. Localcontribution should not be used as a factor in determining a community’s need for police andpublic safety services.Rationale for Option:The workgroup considered the need for communities to have adequate and appropriate directpolice and public safety services. The workgroup also considered the ability of ruralcommunities to provide their own police and public safety services.Impact Statement:An improved match between rural communities’ individual needs with adequate and appropriatepolice and public safety services would provide a more equitable distribution of these criticalservices to rural Alaska.______________________________________________________________________________Recommendation 13 (LE-12)Statement of Need:Police and public safety training is currently available primarily from the Sitka academy which isgeographically isolated and is otherwise expensive and inaccessible to rural candidates.Establish a program for young people to interest them in seeking employment.Option:Options for alternative methods of police and public safety training should be examined toenhance the currently available training at the Sitka academy. Partnerships with the College ofRural Alaska and other existing training and educational institutions could help removeimpediments to recruitment and training for police and public safety careers. The development ofregional training programs or centers might also help.Rationale for Option:The workgroup considered the desirability of developing training opportunities that provideeasier and less burdensome access to training for rural law enforcement officers and candidates.Impact Statement:Alternative training options that lower barriers to rural officers and candidates would assist ininitial recruitment and facilitate advancement for current and future rural law enforcementofficers.Alaska Rural Justice and Law Enforcement Commission - Page 88
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IntroductionFor years, Alaska Nativ
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In MemoriamEric D. JohnsonApril 27,
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Executive SummaryCreated by Congres
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8. Increase Access to Judicial Serv
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Chapter I. Statement of NeedThe Ala
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When domestic violence services are
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With the advent of statehood in 195
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Village Council Presidents, Bristol
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“[M]any of the laws that we have
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“[W]e’re 10 times the national
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Great contrast exists today between
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Another resource on economic opport
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In 1999, in an effort to curb youth
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Chapter II. Charge to the Commissio
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♦ Gail Schubert, Executive Vice P
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