The primary mission of the Division of Alaska Wildlife Troopers is to protect Alaska’s Natural Resources through Wildlife Enforcement.
Alaska Wildlife Troopers also participate in the overall mission of the Department of Public Safety, through enforcement of criminal laws and participation in Search and Rescue operations. They complete the same DPS Training Academy curriculum as Alaska State Troopers, as well as an AST Field Training and Evaluation Program.
Assignment to the Division of Alaska Wildlife Troopers can happen in one of two ways:
1) Begin your career as an Alaska Wildlife Trooper by declaring your preference during the hiring process, after successfully passing the oral board interview hurdle in the final testing week. If there are not enough Wildlife Trooper positions available, you may be offered a State Trooper position.
2) Begin your career as an Alaska State Trooper, then promote over to the Division of Alaska Wildlife Troopers.
Through education, presence, and enforcement action the Division of Alaska Wildlife Troopers is committed to the following:
Statewide Patrol of Commercial Big Game Services
Identification of Illegal Guiding and Transporter Activities
Statewide Commercial Fisheries
Reduction of Unlawful Harvest and Sales of Wild-Stocks
Statewide Sport Fish and Sport Fish Guiding
Reduction of Illegal Harvest and Sale of Sport Fish
Statewide Game and Trapping
Prevention of Waste and Illegal Harvest
Boating Safety and Reduction of Boating Related Deaths and Injuries
Safeguarding Habitat
Reduction of Watershed Damage and Non-Compliance of Environmental Permits
Alaska Wildlife Trooper
Training
Alaska Wildlife Troopers attend the same academy as Alaska State Troopers, in Sitka. Once they graduate from the academy, they enter a hands-on AST Field Training and Evaluation Program (FTEP) in the community in which they will be stationed. Upon completing FTEP, AWT Troopers participate in additional wildlife and fisheries specific training, so they are fully prepared for the job and mission.
AWT has two detachments. Click on the Duty Stations button to see how they are organized.
The Division of the Alaska Wildlife Troopers are the primary wildlife and fisheries law enforcement in the state. By conducting patrols and investigating resource violations, they effectively control wildlife and fisheries crimes. The immense size of our state requires the Alaska Wildlife Troopers maintain and operate aircraft and vessels to support enforcement across rural areas of Alaska.
Candidate Assistance Video Series
State of Alaska Department of Public Safety, 5700 East Tudor Road, Anchorage, AK 99507, Phone: (907) 269-5511