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ANCHORAGE POLICE DEPARTMENT LATERAL PROGRAM

8 Week Academy + Condensed FTO = Welcome to Anchorage!

The academy is 8 weeks long and operates Monday thru Thursday, 0700-1800 hours and is a non-residential program.  The wage while in the academy is $27.83 per hour.  This will be an accelerated program covering a variety of topics to include: defensive tactics, firearms, Municipal Ordinances, department policy and procedures, EVOC, officer survival, Intoximeter refresher, and others.  Upon successful completion of the academy the officer will move to the Lateral FTO program. Be sure to review the entry level study guide before showing up for the test.  Contact Recruitment Officer Steve Haas at 907-786-2463.

Lateral applicants are processed using the standard APD hiring process.

You will also be required to provide written records establishing that you meet the APSC qualifications.  The paperwork that you need to bring with you to testing is:  

• request to test form
• driver's license         
• background questionnaire completed in your own handwriting)
• completed certificate of physical fitness form

Lateral Qualifications -To qualify you must meet the following APSC (Alaska Police Standards Council) requirements and be able to produce supporting documents.

• Completed an academy of 400 hours or more
  • which included 12 hours of DV training
• Completed an approved FTO program of at least 40 hours
• Been employed as a certified officer fulltime for at least 12 months or more

Academy

• 8 Weeks long
• Conducted in Anchorage at APD's Training Center
• Monday thru Thursday, 0700-1800
• Non-Residential
• Pay while at the academy is $27.83 per hour (see below)

Condensed FTO Program

• 8 weeks long.  Officer maybe released sooner or later depending on progress.
• Upon completion of FTO, officer is issued a home car

Hourly Wages-The following wage information does not include:  3% swing shift or 6% mid shift differential, 4% Associate's Degree or 8% Bachelor's degree pay increase, specialty pay, or any future pay increases obtained from contract negotiations.  The step increase dates are based on the academy starting in January 2009.

• Starting Base Wage While In Training: $27.83
• January 2010 Anniversary Wage Increase to $$$$$
• January 2011 Anniversary Wage Increase to $$$$$
• January 2012 Anniversary Wage Increase to $$$$$
• January 2013 Anniversary Wage Increase to $$$$$

Overtime

• 1st and 3rd day off pays time and half
• 2nd day off pays at double time
• Court overtime 3 hour min paid at above rates
• Call back 4 hour min paid at above rates

Leave-There are three types of leave available; annual, sick and comp time.

    Annual Leave

• Accrues 8.31 hours every 2 weeks for first 5 years = 5.4 weeks of annual leave
• Accrual increases to 9.23 for 5-10 years of service = 6 weeks of annual leave
• Accrual increases to 10.15 after 10 years of service = 6.6 weeks of annual leave
• Cashable
• No use it or lose it policy
• No maximum on account

    Sick Leave

• Accrues at 6 hours every 2 weeks
• Account maxes at 520 hours
• Anything earned over max goes into a community sick leave bank

    Comp Time

• Option of taking overtime as leave instead of pay
• Accrues at same rate of overtime pay (i.e. 10 hours of OT=15 hours of leave
• Used before annual leave
• Not cashable

Holidays

• 11.5 paid holidays each year
• If you work on a holiday you get paid 2.5 times your normal pay
• If the holiday falls on your day off you can choose between 10 hours of extra pay or 10 hours of annual leave

Retirement

Public Employee Retirement System-All employees enrolled into PERS operated by the State of Alaska.  Tier level is determined by employee's date of entry into PERS. There are also three other additional retirement programs.

• 401K Deferred Comp w/ 1:1 matching funds up to $2,000
• 401K Roth
• 457 Deferred Comp

Other Benefits

• Take home car program
• Comprehensive Medical/Dental Coverage for family
• Life Insurance w/optional family coverage
• Paid tuition and books for college courses
• Uniforms and equipment provided
• Clothing Allowance of $200 every other year

Career Opportunities and Specializations

    Specializations

• CIT-Crisis Interventions Team
• Snow machine Operator
• Motorcycle Operator
• EOD
• FTO
• Instructors-Driving, Firearms, Others
• Crime Scene Team
• CRU-Crisis Resolution Unit (Negotiators)
• DRE-Drug Recognition Expert

    Patrol Opportunities

• Administration Officer
• Community Policing Officer
• Recruitment Officer
• School Resource Officer
• SWAT-Full Time
• Task Force Assignments
• Traffic Unit
• Training
• Warrants

    Detective Opportunities

• Homicide
• Robbery/Assault
• Sexual Assault Unit
• Computer/Cyber Crimes
• Vice
• Drug Enforcement Unit
• Crimes Against Children
• Burglary
• Theft
• Fraud

Shift Schedules

• Days       0700-1700
• Swings    1500-0100
• Mids        2300-0900
• Re-bid every 4 months (Feb-May, June-Sept, Oct-Jan).
• Assigned solely on seniority