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 five divisions, the Division of Alaska State Troopers, Division of Wildlife Troopers, Division of Fire and Life Safety, 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, the Alaska Police Standards Council and the Alaska Fire Standards Council.

Unlike similar agencies in many other states, Alaska's DPS is the primary law enforcement and public safety organization for most of the vast geographic area of the state. The women and men of DPS provide excellent service in the face of challenges unheard of in many other parts of the country. We invite you now to explore our website and learn who we are and what we do.