Court Services Officer Statewide 25-01
Court Services Officer Statewide 25-01
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- The Department of Public Safety (DPS) Division of Alaska State Troopersis currently recruiting to fill Court Services Officers (CSO) positions around the state.The salary is dependent upon the location of hire:Anchorage / Kenai / Palmer $33.49 per hourFairbanks $34.49 per hourBethel $50.24 per hourWHAT YOU WILL BE DOING
Court Services Officers (CSOs) are a unique class of officers who work under the general direction and command of AST.
Court Services Officers conduct duties for the Commissioner of Public Safety under AS 22.20.100140 which include providing physical security of courtrooms chambers and other spaces of the courts including the grounds of court facilities; coordinating and providing prisoner transport; serving court writs; and providing protective details and security for judicial officers.
Court Services Officer is distinguished from State Trooper and other commissioned job classes by its primary focus on providing prisoner transportation process service court security and judicial protection to the court system.
OUR ORGANIZATION MISSION AND CULTURE:The Department of Public Safety strives to preserve the peace enforce the law prevent and detect crime and protect life and property. All positions support or carry out the Departments mission. If our mission interests you and this position embody your strengths please consider joining our team.
THE BENEFITS OF JOINING OUR TEAM:
As a Court Services Officer you will have a rewarding career and receive paid highcaliber training and benefits at no expense to you while attending the academy.
THE WORKING CONDITIONS YOU CAN EXPECT:
There are multiple positions available in this posting that offer unique opportunities between Anchorage Fairbanks Kenai and Palmer.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
Qualified applicants: Must be able to accept employment within the United States; possession of high school diploma recognized by a state a diploma from a home school program recognized or certified by a state or by a local school district within a state as having met the states graduation requirements or has passed a General Education Development (GED) test; 18 years of age or older at the time of application; possession of a valid drivers license; and not disqualified from any portion of a prior formal background investigation conducted for this job classification in the last twelve months.
The Department of Public Safety strives to preserve the peace enforce the law prevent and detect crime and protect life and property. All positions support or carry out the Departments mission. If our mission interests you and this position embodies your strengths please consider joining our team.More information about the Department of Public Safety can be found on our website:
Minimum Qualifications
High school graduation or the equivalent.
AND
18 years of age or older at time of hire.
Special Note:
Must possess a valid Drivers License at time of hire.
As part of the selection process an extensive background investigation will be conducted including: a comprehensive background check; fingerprinting; medical and psychological evaluations; physical agility testing; drug screening and successfully obtaining a security clearance to access criminal justice information systems. Appointments will be made conditionally pending successful completion of all portions of the background process and the medical evaluation.
This job class requires the use of firearms or ammunition. In accordance with the federal Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act of 1997 (PL104208 if you have been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence you may not hold a position in this job class. A misdemeanor crime of domestic violence means an offense that:
1 is a misdemeanor under Federal or State Law; and
2 has as an element the use or attempted use of physical force or the threatened use of a deadly weapon committed by a current or former spouse parent or guardian of the victim by a person with whom the victim shares a child in common by a person who is cohabiting with or has cohabited with the victim as a spouse parent or guardian of the victim.
Personal History:- Must be able to accept employment within the United States.
- Possession of high school diploma recognized by a state a diploma from a home school program recognized or certified by a state or by a local school district within a state as having met the states graduation requirements or has passed a General Education Development (GED) test.
- 18 years of age or older at the time of application.
- Possession of a valid drivers license.
- Not disqualified from any portion of a prior formal background investigation conducted for this job classification in the last twelve months.
Prior Use of Illegal/Illicit Substances:
- Not used transported or purchased a schedule IA IIA IIIA IVA or VA controlled substance during the last five 5 years (unless under the age of 21 at the time of use AND the act occurred more than 3 years from the date of application); or there was an immediate pressing or emergency medical circumstance to justify the use of a prescription controlled substance not prescribed to the person.
- Not used during the past twelve months.
- Not illegally manufactured distributed or sold a controlled substance (unless under 21 at the time of the act AND the act occurred more than five 5 years ago).
Criminal History:
- Not currently on courtordered probation either supervised or nonsupervised.
- Not convicted of a felony whether set aside suspended imposition expunged or pardoned excluding juvenile adjudications.
- Not convicted of a misdemeanor crime that resulted in serious physical injury to another person in the last ten years.
- Not convicted of a misdemeanor crime reduced or related to domestic violence whether set aside suspended imposition expunged or pardoned.
- Not convicted of a misdemeanor crime of dishonesty or moral turpitude in the last ten years.
- Not convicted of more than two misdemeanors in the last ten years (unless under the age of 21 at the time of the acts AND three years have elapsed since the most recent act).
Prior Law Enforcement Conduct:
- Never denied certification or had basic certification revoked by the Alaska Police Standards Council or the responsible certifying agency in any other issuing jurisdiction (unless the denial or revocation has been rescinded by the council under 13 AAC 85.270 or by the responsible certifying agency of the issuing jurisdiction).
- Never discharged or resigned under threat of discharge for cause relating to dishonesty or misconduct from employment as a police officer in this state or any other state or territory.
- Not illegally manufactured distributed or sold a controlled substance while employed as a peace officer or in a position associated with law enforcement.
Note: Candidates will need to meet selection criteria pass an initial physical fitness test and complete a background investigation.
All job offers are conditional pending successful completion of a psychological evaluation medical examination and drug screening.Additional Required Information
ADDITIONAL REQUIRED INFORMATION:
The successful candidate will attend 6 weeks of initial training at the Alaska Law Enforcement Training Academy in Sitka Alaska and participate in a 13week Field Training and Evaluation Program at their assigned duty station.
Court Services Officers Responsibilities include:- Transporting inmates to and from correctional facilities within the State of Alaska for court appearances medical care other transportation centers and outofstate prisoner transport.
- Maintaining the custody and security of inmates during transport appointments and their return to incarceration.
- Providing both courtroom and court facility security to include response to alarms disturbances and public safety incidents and dignitary security for the supreme court.
- Serving process documents in accordance with instructions from the courts and agency standard operating procedures including subpoenas summons writs domestic violence writs orders complaints and other legal notices.
INITIAL PHYSICAL FITNESS TEST
All applicants must successfully pass the initial physical fitness test to move forward in the application process.For more information on our fitness test standards go to This test can be proctored by an adult at a local gym or any adequate outdoor or indoor facility. Applicants will submit results via Guardian Dashboard in the Agency Provided Documents section when completing their background investigation documents.
NOTIFICATION OF NEXT PHASE
Within five 5 business days after the submission of your job application applicants who meet minimum qualifications and department requirements will receive an email message from @guardianalliancetechnologies.As part of the hiring process Alaska State Troopers conducts a thorough background investigation of all candidates using the webbased Guardian platform to securely collect all required information and documentation for your investigation within15 days of receiving the link. All applicants will be required to utilize this online portal by first creating a login for the portal then following the applicant instructions. Users will be required to use this online portal and all necessary documents are required to be uploaded into this portal by the applicant. Users will need to use the Chrome web browser on a computer. No exceptions.Applicants can expect to pay for airfare and lodging while in Anchorage for testing. The Final Physical Fitness Testing (PFT) will be submitted via a ZendTo link that will be provided at a later time. All PFTs will be due4 weeks before your inperson testing in next testing weeks areMayJulySeptemberand November.
Depending on when your background investigator completes your background and your packet is submitted for review your testing dates will range anywhere from the above dates. The two academy dates you would be able to attend heavily depends on when all parts of the process are completed. July 2025 or January 2026 are the tentative academy start dates.
It is highly recommended that you submit your forms as soon as possible. Failure to follow directions may eliminate you from consideration for this position. The application and completed documents will be evaluated for neatness completeness legibility and grammar. Applicants will not be provided copies of completed applications and background packets. Please make copies of your background packet.
Please have the following documents in your possession prior to submitting your online application to ensure you meet your deadline. Failure to provide ALL required documents by your deadline will result in your application being eliminated from the process. Instructions for submitting these documents will be furnished after you have completed the online application.- Copy of Birth Certificate (if current name differs from that on the birth certificate provide court documents showing name change).
- If naturalized Naturalization Certificate with photo.
- Copy of high school diploma or General Education Development (GED) testing results
- College transcripts for all postsecondary education.
- Current and/or former police officers must provide the following:
- Basic police officer certification or equivalent POST Certification
- Additional law enforcement related certifications
- Certificate of academy completion and course syllabus to include the number of hour
- Outofstate applicants must provide a copy of their academy syllabus
- Former military members must provide discharge or separation papers showing date and type of discharge for all periods of service for each branch of the military (i.e. DD214 Long Form and NGB22 Form which include the Separation and Reentry codes).
- Any other law enforcementrelated certificates.
- Any letters of recommendation employment evaluations or certifications you have received.
- Longform/lifetime driving record(s) from all states and U.S. territories in which you have ever held a drivers license and/or received a citation (whether convicted or not). You can find that information at: drivers abstract/lifetime driving record from each country outside of the U.S. or its territories where you have ever held or now hold citizenship or have been a resident alien or resided at while on military assignment (not while on active mission or combat zone deployment).
For any documents generated in a language other than English official translations must be included.
The following additional DPS Minimum Requirements for Court Services Officer MUST also be met:
ENGLISH LANGUAGE:The applicant must be conversant in English (both written and spoken).BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION PHASE:
The application process includes anextensive and comprehensive background investigation the extent of which is not limited by the geography of Alaska or the continental United States. The background investigation will include analysis of all available databases such as police military corrections local court law enforcement records Interpol and other government records. Investigators are thorough and interviews will include current and former spouses and significant others current and past supervisors coworkers neighbors landlords school officials and all others who have relevant information regarding your conduct as a citizen work performance criminal history driving and accident history appearance and overall fitness to become a Court Services Officer. Applicants are advised that intentional false answers or intentional omissions on your applications to hide incidents or conduct represent the crime of perjury in the State of Alaska. Applicants are further advised that fraudulent information may result in a permanent denial in accepting any future State of Alaska job application.
CRIMINAL HISTORY:- The applicant has no admissions of conduct anywhere and there is nothing discovered during the background investigation or any testing or interview phase which would be a felony under Alaska law (excluding drug use) as an adult 21 years of age or older or within five years of application. The Standard of proof applied will be reasonable suspicion to believe the applicant committed a felony; and that event had it been investigated included the elements required for referral and/or prosecution.
- The applicant has not been charged with or convicted of any offense (excluding violations) within one year of application.
- The applicant has no more than 2 convictions or juvenile adjudications within 10 years of application unless less than 21 years of age at the time of the offense and 5 years have elapsed since the last conviction.
- The applicant was not under investigation of any crime or has any charges pending at the time of application during the background process at the time of hire or during the probationary period.
- Not been convicted of any misdemeanor offenses within five years before the date of application.
- Not on courtordered probation either supervised or nonsupervised within three years before the date of application.
DRIVING HISTORY:
- The applicant will not have had a canceled revoked suspended or limited operators license within the preceding 12 months.
DRUG HISTORY:
- While employed as a peace officer Fire Marshal correctional officer VPSO CSO military police officer licensed security guard or officer or similar position anywhere or in any jurisdiction the applicant has not used any illegal drug or illegally used a controlled substance.
- If the applicant used an illegal drug (excluding or illegally used a controlled substance when under the age of 21 the use was more than three years from the application.
PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT REQUIRED:
The below requirements pertain to incidents occurring on duty or off duty. While employed as a peace officer fire marshal correctional officer VPSO CSO military police officer licensed security guard or officer or similar position anywhere or in any jurisdiction (pertains to incidents occurring on duty or off duty). The applicant must be free of an affirmation of misconduct (including misuse of official position or authority) perjury excessive use of force dishonesty termination for cause.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
It is crucial that you are honest and provide accurate information in your job application during all background phases and in the final selection process. All information requested is mandatory. Anything less than full disclosure will eliminate you from further consideration.
All initial communication with applicants will be conducted via email. It is imperative applicants provide a valid email address when applying and check email frequently during the application process for this position. Applicants who have a change in email address during this application process must notify the Recruitment Unit immediately.
Please note this position requires the use of the Alaska Public Safety Information Network (APSIN). A security clearance is necessary to use APSIN. Felony convictions disqualify applicants from consideration. Misdemeanor convictions may disqualify applicants. If you have questions regarding your specific misdemeanor conviction(s) please contact the hiring manager listed below.
The incumbent of this position will be working around armed officers and possibly canines.
This position requires the use or possession of a firearm or ammunition. In accordance with the federal Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act of 1997 (PL 104208 if you have been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence you may not hold this position.Contact Information
- Alaska State Trooper Recruitment email address:
- Alaska State Trooper Recruitment tollfree phone number:
- Alaska State Trooper Recruitment fax number:
Workplace Alaska Application Questions & Assistance:
Questions regarding application submissions or system operation errors should be directed to the Workplace Alaska hotline at(tollfree) orif you are located in the Juneau area. Requests for information may also be emailed to
For applicant password assistance please visit: jobs/&topheaderalaska
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Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
