Operation Procedures Manual (OPM)
This publicly available listing of the Alaska Department of Public Safety’s Operating Procedures
Manual (OPM) contains minor redactions. Click on the chapter number to open the chapter you wish to review.
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Chapter
Effective Date
Title
Operating-Procedures-Manual
Authority-and-Organization
Office-of-the-Commissioner
Division-of-Alaska-State-Troopers
Division-of-Fire-and-Life-Safety
Village-Public-Safety-Operations-Division
Emergency-Vehicle-Operations
Display-and-Care-of-the-Flag
Severe-On-Duty-Injury-or-Death-Protocol
Department-Investigations-and-Disciplinary-Procedures
Commendations-and-Formal-Recognition
Work-Hours-Leave-and-Payroll
Employee-Wellness-and-Critical-Incident-Debriefing
Use-of-Deadly-Force-Investigation-and-Review
Electronic-Information-Computers-and-Communication
Fire-Investigation-Protocol
Government-to-Goverment-Relations-with-Villages
Employee-Responsibilities-and-Obligations
Interagency-and-Government-Interaction
Employment-Outside-the-Department
Department-Background-Investigations
Arrest-or-Conviction-Rewards
Badges-And-Weapons-Retirees
Recording-Police-Activity
Community-Centered-Policing
Property-and-Evidence-Handling
Public-Information-and-Press-Relations
Emergency-Care-of-Mental-Health-Patients
Human-Death-Investigation
Missing-Persons-and-Runaway-Minors
Sex-Offender-Registration
Major-Aircraft-Accident-Plan
Transport-of-Persons-in-Custody
Criminal-Intelligence-Information
Alaska-Homicide-Registry-VICAP
Major-Incident-Investigation
Electronic-Surveillance-and-Monitoring
Riot-and-Unlawful-Assembly
Victims-Rights-Notification
Motorized-Vehicle-and-Aircraft-Administration
Weapons-Standards-and-Types
Special-Weapons-and-Tactics-(SWAT)
Search-and-Rescue-Operations-(SAR)
Service-of-Civil-and-Criminal-Process
Departmental-Use-of-Social-Media
Mobile-Audio-and-Video-Recording
Strategic-Tactical-Disengagement