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Court Services Officer

The Department of Public Safety (DPS), Division of Alaska State Troopers, is currently recruiting to fill Court Services Officer (CSO) positions around the state. The salary is dependent upon the location of hire: Anchorage = $36.83 per hour, Fairbanks = $37.93 per hour, Juneau = $40.78 per hour. Qualified applicants will be attending the Department of Public Safety Training academy beginning July 2026 and January 2027.

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 22.20.100-140, 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.

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 Department's mission. If our mission interests you and this position embodies your strengths, please consider joining our team.

As a Court Services Officer, you will have a rewarding career and receive paid, high-caliber training and benefits at no expense to you while attending the academy.

There are multiple positions available in this posting that have unique opportunities. The Fairbanks Court Services Officer position is in the Golden Heart of Alaska which provides central access to world hunting, fishing, and outdoor recreation with all the convenience of living in the modern city of Fairbanks. Your office and central base of operations will be in the crown jewel of the Alaska Court System, the Rabinowitz Courthouse. The work environment consists of being part of a large team of professionals serving court-required documents and conducting judiciary protection. Fairbanks CSO's have the awesome responsibility of providing judiciary security, as needed, at Utquagvik; which is the farthest North court location in Alaska. Fairbanks is the major population center in the interior of Alaska that has some of the best summers for recreation, schools for family, and law enforcement supportive people.

The Juneau Court Services Officer position is based out of the Juneau Courthouse Judicial Services Office. The work environment will consist of region wide paper service, evictions, prisoner transports between the Lemon Creek Correctional Center, Anchorage airport, and Southeast Alaska area community jails and villages. In addition, Juneau CSO's routinely conduct out of state fugitive extraditions and courtroom security in Juneau and the outlying Southeast Alaska area courthouses. Juneau Court Services Office is team oriented, family friendly, and a great place to work!

The Anchorage Court Services position is in downtown Anchorage on the main Alaska Court System campus. The work environment consists of being part of the largest Judicial Services team in the Alaska State Troopers, conducting local and regional prisoner transports, physical site security, writ services, and judiciary protection. Anchorage is the major population center of Alaska and affords easy access to world-class hunting, fishing, and outdoor recreation with all the convenience of living in a modern city.

What we are looking for:

• 18 years of age or older at the time of hire
• Must possess a high school diploma or have passed a General Education Development (GED) test.
• Must be conversant in English (both written and spoken).
• Not disqualified from any portion of a prior formal background investigation conducted for this job classification in the last twelve months.