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Commissioner Bill Tandeske, Deputy Commissioner Ted Bachman, and their staff provide overall policy and management direction to the department. The commissioner's office oversees the training programs that are provided to departmental employees and other local and federal agencies. The Office is responsible for the Public Safety Academy, which trains law officers, and for the Alaska Police Standards Council, which establishes minimum educational and training standards for police officers. The Council is under the Office for the purpose of administrative support, but their activities are autonomous.
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The Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault awards and monitors grants; provides technical assistance to nonprofit corporations dealing with domestic violence, sexual assault, incest, and crisis intervention; recommends legislation; and coordinates the domestic violence and sexual assault activities of the Departments of Law, Education, Health and Social Services, and Public Safety.
The Violent Crimes Compensation Board works to reduce the financial hardships caused by crime-related medical expenses or loss of income sustained by innocent victims of violent crimes in Alaska. It also provides financial payments to dependents of deceased victims.
The State Crime Lab responds to requests by law enforcement agencies for various services, including analyses on controlled substances, serology, firearms/tool marks, trace evidence, arson, wildlife, fingerprint searches, and photographs of crime-related data.
Department of Public Safety Annual Report for 1995. The 1995 Annual Report provides an overview of the activities of the Department of Public Safety during 1995 and includes program summaries provided by Administrative Services, State Troopers, Fire Prevention, Fish and Wildlife Protection, Motor Vehicles, the Public Safety Training Academy, the Crime Lab, and the Highway Safety Planning Agency. Also included in this report are the Missing Persons Clearinghouse Annual Report, and the FY 1995 Drug and Alcohol Report. It is the hope of the Department that the publication of these reports in one volume will be helpful and informative to the readers regarding the activities of the Department of Public Safety.
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