Anchorage police and state Corrections will hold a joint hiring session Nov. 19

The Anchorage Police Department and the Alaska Department of Corrections will hold a joint hiring session Thursday, Nov. 19, from 6:30 to 8 pm at the Jewel Lake Training Center, 3760 W. Dimond Blvd.

The Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development is hosting the session with the two agencies. Job-seekers can meet recruiters and representatives from both to learn about public safety careers, the Labor Department's notice says. The event flyer says recruiters will cover hiring requirements, academy training, pay and benefits and career advancement, followed by a question-and-answer session. It says the event is free and requires no registration.

APD says it employs just under 600 people in sworn and non-sworn jobs. Its specialized units include K-9, SWAT, the Crime Scene Team, the Bomb Squad, School Resource Officers and the Crisis Intervention Team. Non-sworn jobs include records, evidence, dispatch, fiscal, information technology, community relations and the crime lab.

The session comes two days after APD graduated 22 recruits on Nov. 10, its third class of 20 or more in a year. From 2021 into 2024, more officers left the department each year than it hired.

Job-seekers can learn more about APD at JoinAPD.org and about Corrections at JoinAKDOC.com. Corrections also holds a recruiting workshop every Friday from 3 to 4 pm at the Mat-Su Job Center in Wasilla.