About us
1788 Yukon Drive
P.O. Box 755560
Fairbanks, AK 99775
Phone: 907-474-7721
Fax: 907-474-7377
Email: UAF-Police-Dept@alaska.edu
Protecting Alaska’s future while serving UAF and our community with integrity, courage and care.
The UAF Police Department meets our mission by striving to create a safe and secure campus. So the students and employees shaping Alaska’s future can do so without fear or distraction, recognizing our department as a trusted partner in that future.
About Us
The ҹɫ¸£Àû Police Department provides 24/7 police and emergency dispatch services to the UAF campus.
The UAF Police Department operates under statutory authority granted by Alaska Statute 14.40.043 and is further guided by University of Alaska Board of Regents’ Policy 02.09. Our fully sworn police officers meet the strict requirements of the Alaska Police Standards Council and the ҹɫ¸£Àû.
Our team of professional officers, emergency dispatchers and student community service officers provide a multi-layered team approach that helps us to safeguard the personal safety and property of all of our UAF students, employees, faculty and visitors.
As a police department serving a university, UAFPD recognizes that our role is different from a traditional municipal agency. Our officers carry the full authority to arrest, cite and file charges, but we balance that authority with a commitment to the University of Alaska’s mission of educating and guiding our community. An encounter with police can be an unfamiliar or intimidating experience, particularly for young people and individuals from diverse backgrounds, and we take that seriously. UAFPD approaches these moments as opportunities to teach as much as to hold people accountable, favoring a tone of community policing, care and support over a purely disciplinary or aggressive posture.
This philosophy is reflected directly in how we train our personnel. UAFPD places a strong emphasis on training and education for our personnel, especially in the areas of de-escalation and mental health crisis intervention training. This proactive investment allows our officers and dispatchers to recognize when a situation calls for connection to resources rather than a citation, and it shapes an approachable, trusted presence across the community we serve.
Our mission does not stop at the borders of the UAF campus as we maintain a commitment to collaboration with our community and rural campuses across the state. From the Bristol Bay campus in Dillingham to the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program in Gakona to the Chukchi Campus in Kotzebue,the UAF Police Department works to support all members of our UAF community and ensure they have a safe environment to meet the University of Alaska’s mission to inspire learning and advance knowledge.
Training:
The ҹɫ¸£Àû Police Department receives its statutory authority
under Alaska Statute 14.40.043. This statute, enacted in 1992, bestowed general police
powers upon police officers employed by the University. Each UAF officer, like their
municipal and State counterparts, must meet the strict standards established by the
Alaska Police Standards Council. Only officers who are fully commissioned and certified
by the State as Police Officers carry firearms. Officers employed by the University
understand and function in a manner consistent with our Community Oriented Policing
program.
Duties:
The UAF Police Department serves to protect life and property, to prevent and deter
crime, to detect criminal activity and apprehend offenders, to assist those in danger,
those who cannot care for themselves and those in need of assistance, to protect individual
constitutional rights, and to facilitate the safe movement of people and vehicles
on campus.
- Contained herein are applicable State Statutes, Regents' Policies, and University
Regulations which establish jurisdiction and the areas of responsibility for the University
of Alaska Fairbanks Police Department.
- UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA: Established by State Constitution, Article Vll, Section 2.
- BOARD OF REGENTS: Established by State Constitution, Article Vll, Section 3.
- UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA POLICE DEPARTMENT: Established by Regents' Policy and University
Regulation 02.09.01.
- COMMISSIONS: The President of the University has authority to issue commissions to
qualified individuals under A.S. 14.40.043, A.S. 18.65.290, and Regents' Policy 02.09.01.
The commission vests the officer with general police powers to enforce state and local
laws in connection with offenses committed on property of the University.
- MAINTENANCE OF GOOD ORDER: Under Regents' Policy, 01.04.01, all officers and employees
of the University of Alaska are required to comply with University of Alaska rules
and regulations and to avoid disruptions of the University's operations, protect and
preserve life and property.
- UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA: Established by State Constitution, Article Vll, Section 2.
- ҹɫ¸£Àû Police Department is one unit of the University of
Alaska Police Department created by Policy and Regulation 02.09.01. Responsibility
and authority for the systemwide coordination of the University of Alaska Police Department
is vested in the Vice President and General Counsel of the University.
- The ҹɫ¸£Àû Police Department reports to the Vice Chancellor
of Administrative Services. (The Vice Chancellor reports directly to the Chancellor).
- The department is administered by a Chief of Police.
- The ҹɫ¸£Àû Police Department has the responsibility for the
overall safety and security of the Fairbanks Campus. Working with other University
departments, this department strives at providing a safe environment for students,
employees, and the general public. The Department utilizes commissioned officers,
office personnel, and students to accomplish this task.
- Commissioned Officers are appointed by the President of the University (AS 14.40.043).
As such they have general police powers and are authorized and empowered to enforce
the laws of the State in connection with offenses committed on property of the University.
Commissioned Officers are charged with maintaining peace on the UAF Campus and are
authorized to investigate crimes, make arrests, preserve evidence, serve warrants,
issue traffic citations, and to perform all other duties of a peace officer.
- Commissioned Officers, under Regents' Policy 01.04.01, are to assist all University
Employees to protect life and property on the ҹɫ¸£Àû Campus.
The Commissioned Officers are also authorized to carry either a concealed or non-concealed
firearm in the performance of their duties.
- University Police Officers will assist other area police agencies and the citizens of the Fairbanks community as outlined in the mutual agreement between the Fairbanks Police Department, the Alaska State Troopers, and our own department.
The Community Service Officer Program (CSO) has a proud tradition on this campus dating back to the early 1970s. Over the years, the program has gone through many transitions while the mission of the program has changed little. The mission of the CSO program, in basic terms, is to protect UAF property, help secure a safe environment for those that live and work on the UAF campus, provide service to the campus community and assist the UAF Police Officers as requested.
There is another aspect of the program that has been overlooked but is equally important. This aspect is that the program provides a training ground for officers going on into law enforcement or other justice related fields. It also offers a valuable training ground for students going into other occupations as well, providing them with opportunities to be a field training officer or shift supervisor.
CSOs are held to the same high standards as the fulltime Police Officers whether in training, discipline, accountability, integrity or professionalism. It is this tradition that CSOs of the department continue to uphold with pride and dedication.