The Department of Public Safety (DPS) is the state agency charged with providing functions relative to the protection of life, property and wildlife resources. Department members enforce criminal laws, traffic laws and regulations, wildlife laws and regulations, fire laws and regulations, and are additionally responsible for a number of public safety related functions such as search and rescue, court services and criminal justice records.
DPS is made up of four divisions, the Division of Alaska State Troopers, Division of Fire Prevention, Division of Statewide Services and the Division of Administrative Services. DPS also houses the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, the Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault and the Alaska Police Standards Council.
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