In Alaska Stat. § 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;

Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 18.65.290

  • action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • municipality: means a political subdivision incorporated under the laws of the state that is a home rule or general law city, a home rule or general law borough, or a unified municipality. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • property: includes real and personal property. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • 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
(2) “correctional facility” means a prison or jail owned, leased, or operated by the state that is designated by the commissioner of corrections for the custody, care, security, control, and discipline of prisoners;
(3) “correctional officer” means a person

(A) appointed by the commissioner of corrections whose primary duty under Alaska Stat. Chapter 33.30 is to provide custody, care, security, control, and discipline of persons charged or convicted of offenses against the state or held under authority of state law; or
(B) employed in a correctional facility in this state whose primary duty is to provide custody, care, security, control, and discipline of persons charged or convicted of offenses or held under authority of law;
(4) “council” means the Alaska Police Standards Council;
(5) “criminal justice information system” has the meaning given in Alaska Stat. § 12.62.900;
(6) “municipal correctional officer” means a person who is employed full-time in a municipal correctional facility whose primary duty is to provide custody, care, security, control, and discipline of persons charged or convicted of offenses or held under authority of law; and the municipality has adopted an ordinance under Alaska Stat. § 18.65.285 making Alaska Stat. § 18.65.130 – 18.65.290 applicable;
(7) “parole officer” means a person appointed by the commissioner of corrections or employed by a correctional facility in this state to perform the duties of supervising the parole of prisoners under Alaska Stat. Chapter 33.16;
(8) “police officer” means

(A) an employee of the state or a municipal police department with the authority to arrest and issue citations; detain a person taken into custody until that person can be arraigned before a judge or magistrate; conduct investigations of violations of and enforce criminal laws, regulations, and traffic laws; search with or without a warrant persons, dwellings, and other forms of property for evidence of a crime; and take other action consistent with exercise of these enumerated powers when necessary to maintain the public peace;
(B) an officer or employee of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities who is stationed at an international airport and has been designated to have the general police powers authorized under Alaska Stat. § 02.15.230(a);
(C) a University of Alaska public safety officer with general police powers authorized under Alaska Stat. § 14.40.043;
(9) “probation officer” means a person appointed by the commissioner of corrections or employed by a correctional facility in this state to perform the duties of a probation officer under Alaska Stat. Chapter 33.05.
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