Anchorage Police Department

Anchorage Police Department
Common nameAnchorage Police
AbbreviationAPD
Agency overview
Formed1920
Employees516
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionAnchorage, Alaska, United States
Map of Anchorage Police Department's jurisdiction
Size159 square miles (410 km2)
Population279,671
Operational structure
Headquarters716 West Fourth Avenue
Anchorage, Alaska 99501
Sworn officers413 (as of 2021)
Support staff members161 (as of 2021)
Agency executive
  • Sean Case, Chief of Police
Units
List
  • Uniform Patrol
  • Detective/Investigations
  • Homicide Response Team
  • Assault/Robbery
  • Hostage Negotiations
  • K-9
  • Traffic
  • School Resource
  • S.W.A.T.
  • Bomb Squad
  • Crime Prevention
  • Crisis Intervention
  • Cyber Crimes
Website
www.muni.org/apd1/apd911.cfm

The Anchorage Police Department (APD) is the police department serving the Municipality of Anchorage in Alaska. APD is responsible for police services for the entirety of the Municipality of Anchorage, including the communities of Eagle River, Chugiak, and the native village of Eklutna to the north, and communities of Indian, Portage and Rainbow to the south (the only exception of the small community of Girdwood which receives police service from the Whittier Police Department). Serving Alaska's largest city, APD is the only "metropolitan" agency, and is the largest municipal police force in Alaska.