Alaska § 18.95.040 - Definitions.

§ 18.95.040. Definitions.

In AS 18.95.020 — 18.95.040,        (1) “department” means the Department of Corrections;

 (2) “emergency service personnel” means a firefighter, an emergency medical technician, a first responder in an emergency situation, or an emergency service dispatcher;

 (3) “emergency service provider” means an organization or agency that provides services in response to emergency situations of imminent danger to life or property or assists in coordinating an emergency response to emergency situations of imminent danger to life or property;

 (4) “firefighter” has the meaning given in AS 09.65.295 (c);

 (5) “law enforcement agency” means a public agency that performs as one of its principal functions an activity relating to crime prevention, control, or reduction or relating to the enforcement of the criminal law; “law enforcement agency” does not include a court;

 (6) “peace officer” means             (A) an officer of the state troopers;

 (B) a member of the police force of a municipality;

 (C) a village public safety officer;

 (D) a regional public safety officer;

 (E) a correctional officer; in this subparagraph, “correctional officer” has the meaning given in AS 18.65.290 ; and

 (F) an officer whose duty it is to enforce and preserve the public peace;

 (7) “peer support counseling” means counseling that occurs in an established peer support counseling program between two or more peace officers or emergency service personnel of a law enforcement agency, emergency service provider, or the department, one of whom is designated as a peer support counselor under AS 18.95.020 (b);

 (8) “peer support counseling program” means a program established by a law enforcement agency, emergency service provider, or the department to provide peer support counseling or support services to peace officers and emergency service personnel employed by the agency, provider, or department.