Police Officers

Hoonah Department of Public Safety is Now Hiring!

Xunaa - "Protected from the North Wind"

Hoonah is the only first-class city on Chichagof Island and the 5th largest island in the United States. Incorporated in 1946 as the City of Hoonah, it began as a Tlingit village, given then name Xunaa because it was a safe haven, protected from the North Wind. In In 1754, the Huna Tlingit people permanently settled twenty miles south of Glacier Bay, to Hoonah where they subsistence-harvested each summer. It is the largest Tlingit village in Alaska.

Located in Alaska's panhandle in the southeast region of the state, Hoonah has mild winters and rainy summers. It is 40 miles west of Juneau, across the Alaskan Inside Passage. The City of Hoonah is located on the northeastern side of Chichagof Island, which is the northernmost major island in the Alexander Archipelago on the Alaskan panhandle and the fifth largest island in the nation. It is 40 air miles west of Juneau, Alaska's capital city. With no connecting roadway to the mainland, the town is reached by air service providers and a state ferry system. About 70% of its 850 residents are of Alaska Native heritage. Fishing is the mainstay of Hoonah's economy. Hoonah was incorporated as a first-class city under territorial law in 1946. It has a Mayor/City Council form of government.

Lateral Hires

• $35-$40 an hour

• Up to $5,000 Moving Expense

• $25,000 Signing Bonus

• Officer Housing with Affordable Monthly Payments!

• PLUS BENEFITS

New Recruits

• $32 an hour

• Up to $5,000 Moving Expense

• $10,000 Signing Bonus Upon Completion of Academy

• Training paid for new recruits

• Officer Housing with Affordable Monthly Payments!

• PLUS BENEFITS

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