Alaska

Alaska law enforcement agencies: 37 are on record with the FBI. 32 of them (86%) report crime data; 5 have never filed a return.

37Agencies

32Reporting to the FBI

5Never reported

86%Reporting rate

Federal funding

$57.8m awarded to recipients in Alaska under the main federal policing programmes since October 2019. Recipients are usually cities rather than police departments, so this is reported for the state as a whole — why there is no per-agency figure.

Programme	Awarded	Awards
COPS Hiring Program	$39.9m	138
Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant	$13.4m	41
DNA Backlog Reduction	$4.4m	8

FBI reporting participation

This is a state-level figure published by the FBI, not a per-agency one — it counts how many agencies across Alaska submitted crime data to the FBI in a given year. There is no per-agency participation file in the FBI’s bulk data, so this cannot be attributed to any single agency.

50Agencies on file, 2025

33Submitted data (66.0%)

32NIBRS participants (97.0%)

447,272Population covered by NIBRS submitters

Year	Total agencies	Submitted data	NIBRS	Population covered
2025	50	33 (66.0%)	32 (97.0%)	447,272
2024	50	33 (66.0%)	32 (97.0%)	450,712
2023	50	32 (64.0%)	31 (97.0%)	443,799
2022	50	33 (66.0%)	32 (97.0%)	444,412
2021	50	31 (62.0%)	31 (100.0%)	410,910
2020	50	33 (66.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
2019	50	33 (66.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
2018	50	33 (66.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
2017	50	32 (64.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
2016	50	32 (64.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
2015	50	32 (64.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
2014	50	33 (66.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
2013	47	33 (70.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
2012	47	34 (72.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
2011	47	35 (74.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
2010	47	36 (77.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
2009	47	36 (77.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
2008	46	35 (76.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
2007	46	34 (74.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
2006	46	34 (74.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
2005	46	33 (72.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
2004	45	33 (73.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
2003	44	33 (75.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
2002	44	33 (75.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
2001	44	33 (75.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
2000	44	32 (73.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1999	41	28 (68.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1998	41	26 (63.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1997	40	24 (60.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1996	40	28 (70.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1995	40	26 (65.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1994	39	28 (72.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1993	37	28 (76.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1992	35	29 (83.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1991	35	27 (77.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1990	35	28 (80.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1989	33	24 (73.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1988	33	27 (82.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1987	36	26 (72.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1986	36	26 (72.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1985	35	24 (69.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1984	34	22 (65.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1983	34	24 (71.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1982	32	24 (75.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1981	32	27 (84.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1980	30	27 (90.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1979	28	25 (89.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1978	28	27 (96.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1977	23	22 (96.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1976	23	22 (96.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1975	23	23 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1974	22	19 (86.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1973	18	18 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1972	18	18 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1971	17	16 (94.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1970	9	9 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1969	9	8 (89.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1968	8	7 (88.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1967	8	7 (88.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1966	8	7 (88.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1965	8	7 (88.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1964	7	6 (86.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1963	7	6 (86.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1961	7	6 (86.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0
1960	7	6 (86.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0

Workforce over time

Sworn officers reported to the FBI each year by agencies in Alaska, with the number of agencies that filed a return that year shown alongside. That reporting base changes year to year, so a rising officer count here can simply mean more agencies reported, not that more officers were hired. The rate is per 1,000 people in the population those reporting agencies themselves cover, not a Census population for the whole state.

Year	Officers	Population covered	Per 1,000	Reporting agencies
1960	110	70,828	1.55	4
1961	120	73,456	1.63	5
1963	116	83,943	1.38	4
1964	104	123,167	0.84	3
1965	123	81,331	1.51	6
1966	156	93,707	1.66	7
1967	150	86,532	1.73	6
1968	150	92,689	1.62	5
1969	160	89,705	1.78	6
1970	186	85,054	2.19	7
1971	230	101,770	2.26	14
1972	244	111,062	2.20	16
1973	266	110,074	2.42	16
1974	302	125,547	2.41	16
1975	316	156,301	2.02	17
1976	317	180,656	1.75	17
1977	371	234,603	1.58	17
1978	484	265,617	1.82	22
1979	508	280,197	1.81	21
1980	534	272,430	1.96	23
1981	549	280,716	1.96	24
1982	582	302,462	1.92	26
1983	605	331,352	1.83	27
1984	605	350,794	1.72	27
1985	591	352,788	1.68	25
1986	598	364,988	1.64	25
1987	570	392,324	1.45	25
1988	570	384,002	1.48	28
1989	561	394,481	1.42	28
1990	553	364,682	1.52	29
1991	565	377,916	1.50	29
1992	540	377,856	1.43	27
1993	615	408,864	1.50	31
1994	606	413,644	1.47	31
1995	669	412,052	1.62	31
1996	691	414,099	1.67	31
1997	703	414,627	1.70	30
1998	722	419,128	1.72	31
1999	725	424,027	1.71	31
2000	713	419,748	1.70	31
2001	701	425,077	1.65	31
2002	692	431,028	1.61	31
2003	701	434,921	1.61	31
2004	740	439,672	1.68	31
2005	718	442,562	1.62	30
2006	764	447,762	1.71	31
2007	756	454,518	1.66	31
2008	791	454,927	1.74	31
2009	781	459,434	1.70	30
2010	770	460,629	1.67	31
2011	792	468,725	1.69	31
2012	768	473,002	1.62	30
2013	740	475,599	1.56	30
2014	1,152	732,371	1.57	28
2015	1,152	734,820	1.57	28
2016	1,119	741,382	1.51	32
2017	1,146	739,017	1.55	32
2018	1,179	736,651	1.60	32
2019	1,164	730,770	1.59	32
2020	1,182	730,400	1.62	32
2021	1,192	731,907	1.63	32
2022	1,167	732,874	1.59	32
2023	1,149	733,406	1.57	32
2024	1,106	740,133	1.49	32
2025	1,128	737,270	1.53	32

Officer pay

Pay for three police occupations in Alaska, as published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. These are survey estimates, so every figure below carries BLS’s own label for them in the Source column. They are statewide figures for the occupation, not figures for any agency — this site does not publish pay for individual agencies — and nothing here has been calculated or compared by Police Census.

Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (SOC 33-3051)

Figure	Value	Source
Employment	1,260	May 2025 OEWS Estimates
Annual mean wage	$101,770	May 2025 OEWS Estimates
Annual wage, 10th percentile	$60,670	May 2025 OEWS Estimates
Annual wage, 25th percentile	$78,810	May 2025 OEWS Estimates
Annual median wage	$99,130	May 2025 OEWS Estimates
Annual wage, 75th percentile	$126,480	May 2025 OEWS Estimates
Annual wage, 90th percentile	$137,340	May 2025 OEWS Estimates

First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives (SOC 33-1012)

Figure	Value	Source
Employment	320	May 2025 OEWS Estimates
Annual mean wage	$138,520	May 2025 OEWS Estimates
Annual wage, 10th percentile	$84,850	May 2025 OEWS Estimates
Annual wage, 25th percentile	$100,040	May 2025 OEWS Estimates
Annual median wage	$137,320	May 2025 OEWS Estimates
Annual wage, 75th percentile	$170,250	May 2025 OEWS Estimates
Annual wage, 90th percentile	$193,610	May 2025 OEWS Estimates

Detectives and Criminal Investigators (SOC 33-3021)

Figure	Value	Source
Employment	140	May 2025 OEWS Estimates
Annual mean wage	$125,160	May 2025 OEWS Estimates
Annual wage, 10th percentile	$79,680	May 2025 OEWS Estimates
Annual wage, 25th percentile	$92,110	May 2025 OEWS Estimates
Annual median wage	$114,940	May 2025 OEWS Estimates
Annual wage, 75th percentile	$168,790	May 2025 OEWS Estimates
Annual wage, 90th percentile	$183,680	May 2025 OEWS Estimates

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, state data file.

Agencies

Agency	Type	County	FBI reporting
Alaska State Troopers	State Police	—	Reporting
Bethel Police Department	City	Bethel	Reporting
Bristol Bay Borough Police Department	City	Bristol Bay	Reporting
Cordova Police Department	City	Valdez-Cordova	Reporting
Craig Police Department	City	Prince Of Wales-Hyder	Reporting
Dillingham Police Department	City	Dillingham	Reporting
Fairbanks International Airport	Other	—	Reporting
Fairbanks Police Department	City	Fairbanks North Star	Reporting
Haines Police Department	City	Haines	Reporting
Homer Police Department	City	Kenai Peninsula	Reporting
Juneau Police Department	City	Juneau	Reporting
Kenai Police Department	City	Kenai Peninsula	Reporting
Ketchikan Police Department	City	Ketchikan Gateway	Reporting
Kodiak Police Department	City	Kodiak Island	Reporting
Kotzebue Police Department	City	Northwest Arctic	Reporting
Metlakatla Tribal Police Department	Tribal	—	Reporting
Nome Police Department	City	Nome	Reporting
North Pole Police Department	City	Fairbanks North Star	Reporting
North Slope Borough Police Department	City	North Slope	Reporting
Palmer Police Department	City	Matanuska-Susitna	Reporting
Petersburg Police Department	City	Petersburg	Reporting
Seward Police Department	City	Kenai Peninsula	Reporting
Sitka Police Department	City	Sitka	Reporting
Skagway Police Department	City	Skagway	Reporting
Soldotna Police Department	City	Kenai Peninsula	Reporting
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport	Other	—	Reporting
Unalaska Police Department	City	Aleutians West	Reporting
University of Alaska: Anchorage	University or College	—	Reporting
University of Alaska: Fairbanks	University or College	—	Reporting
Valdez Police Department	City	Valdez-Cordova	Reporting
Wasilla Police Department	City	Matanuska-Susitna	Reporting
Wrangell Police Department	City	Wrangell	Reporting
Anchorage Police Department	City	Anchorage	Never
Hoonah Police Department	City	Hoonah-Angoon	Never
Klawock Police Department	City	Prince Of Wales-Hyder	Never
Sand Point Police Department	City	Aleutians East	Never
Whittier Police Department	City	Valdez-Cordova	Never