Alaska Statutes Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender § 18.65.230. Training programs; criminal history records check

(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 appointment as a police officer under AS 18.65.240, each person who applies for admittance to a basic program of police training established under this section shall submit to the council the person's fingerprints along with the fee established in AS 12.62.160 unless the person's fingerprints were previously submitted by the person's prospective employer. The Department of Public Safety shall conduct a state criminal history record check and may submit the person's fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to obtain a national criminal history record check of the person under AS 12.62.400 for the purpose of evaluating the person's qualifications for appointment as a police officer under AS 18.65.240.