VA Police

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VA Police Department History

             The United States Department of Veterans Affairs Police is the Uniformed Police and Security Service of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, responsible for the protection of the veterans hospitals and medical centers as well as other facilities operated by the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs. The agency has full arrest powers and is empowered under Title 38 of the U.S. Code.

The Veterans Administration was founded in 1930 with the VA Police beginning that same year. As the VA evolved the VA Police became a security guard force. But by a 1973 Federal Law, the guard force was abolished and the VA Police was re-established.

VA Police Service in Anchorage

In May 2007 the Anchorage VA Police Service completed the transition from security to uniformed police officers. Check www.usajobs.opm.gov for current openings.

VA in Alaska

  The Alaska VA has an Out-patient Clinic/Regional Office and a RRTP (Domiciliary) in Anchorage. There are Community Based Out-patient Clinic's (CBOC) in Kenai and Fairbanks and four Vet Centers located in Anchorage, Kenai, Fairbanks, and Wasilla. The Anchorage VA is affiliated with the University of Alaska in Anchorage for Social Work, Nursing, and Dental Health Services training and is also affiliated with the University of Washington School of Medicine for third year medical student rotation. The Alaska VA has staff in the Elmendorf Air Force Base hospital in support of a joint venture between the Air Force and VA.

  Alaska VA is expanding! Currently the Alaska VA is building a new OPC/Regional Office (170,000 square feet) just outside Elmendorf Air Force Base, which should be operational by the summer of 2010. 

Disclaimer

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