Legislature(2021 - 2022)DAVIS 106

02/24/2022 08:00 AM House TRIBAL AFFAIRS

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08:02:38 AM Start
08:03:27 AM Presentation: Village Public Safety Officer Program
09:10:42 AM Adjourn
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Program
-- Testimony <Invitation Only> --
                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
           HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON TRIBAL AFFAIRS                                                                          
                       February 24, 2022                                                                                        
                           8:02 a.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative Tiffany Zulkosky, Chair                                                                                          
Representative Dan Ortiz                                                                                                        
Representative Geran Tarr                                                                                                       
Representative Mike Cronk                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Representative Zack Fields                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
PRESENTATION: VILLAGE PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER PROGRAM                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     - HEARD                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
No previous action to record                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
WITNESS REGISTER                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
JIM COCKRELL, Commissioner                                                                                                      
Department of Public Safety                                                                                                     
Anchorage, Alaska                                                                                                               
POSITION STATEMENT:  Introduced himself during the presentation                                                               
on the Village Public Safety Officer Program.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
JOEL HARD, Director                                                                                                             
Village Public Safety Officer Program                                                                                           
Department of Public Safety                                                                                                     
Anchorage, Alaska                                                                                                               
POSITION STATEMENT:  Gave a presentation on the Village Public                                                                
Safety Officer Program.                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
MICHAEL NEMETH, Coordinator                                                                                                     
Village Public Safety Program                                                                                                   
Department of Family & Community Development                                                                                    
Aleutian Pribilof Island Association                                                                                            
Anchorage, Alaska                                                                                                               
POSITION STATEMENT:  Provided comment  during the presentation on                                                             
the Village Public Safety Officer Program.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
RICHARD PETERSON, President                                                                                                     
Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska                                                                
Juneau, Alaska                                                                                                                  
POSITION STATEMENT:  Provided comment  during the presentation on                                                             
the Village Public Safety Officer Program.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
ACTION NARRATIVE                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
8:02:38 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  TIFFANY ZULKOSKY  called  the House  Special Committee  on                                                             
Tribal Affairs  meeting to  order at  8:02 a.m.   Representatives                                                               
Cronk, Ortiz,  Tarr, and Zulkosky   were  present at the  call to                                                               
order.                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
^Presentation: Village Public Safety Officer Program                                                                            
      Presentation: Village Public Safety Officer Program                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
8:03:27 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR ZULKOSKY  announced that the  only order of  business would                                                               
be a presentation on the Village Public Safety Officer Program.                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
PRESENTERS                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
JAMES COCKRELL, JOEL HARD, MICHAEL NEMETH, and RICHARD PETERSON                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
NOTE: The  presentation was  recorded and  log notes  were taken.                                                             
The  recording  is  available  at   the  legislature's  web  site                                                               
akleg.gov  or by  contacting the  House Records  Office at  State                                                               
Capitol,  Room   3,  Juneau,  Alaska  99801   (mailing  address),                                                               
(907)465-2214,  and after  adjournment of  the second  session of                                                               
the Thirty-Second  Alaska State Legislature this  information may                                                               
be obtained  by contacting the  Legislative Reference  Library at                                                               
(907) 465-3808.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
9:10:42 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
There being no  further business before the  committee, the House                                                               
Special  Committee on  Tribal Affairs  meeting  was adjourned  at                                                               
9:11 a.m.                                                                                                                       

Document Name Date/Time Subjects
ADOPTED VPSO Working Group Report Recommendations & Findings.pdf HTRB 2/24/2022 8:00:00 AM