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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. With no connecting roadway to the mainland, the town is reached by air service providers and a state ferry system.

Lateral Hires

• $35-$40 an Hour
• $25,000 Signing Bonus
• $5,000 Moving Bonus
• Officer Housing with Affordable Monthly Payments!
• PLUS BENEFITS

New Recruits

• $32 an Hour
• $10,000 Signing Bonus
• Up to $5,000 Moving Expense
• Training Paid for New Recruits
• Officer Housing with Affordable Monthly Payments!
• PLUS BENEFITS

Questions? Please call Jen Bidiman, City Clerk, at ..., M-F, 9am-5pm AKDT or email ....