File:Alaska DPS (patch).png

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Summary

Media data and Non-free use rationale
Description	The Alaska DPS's patch logo.
Author or copyright owner
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	https://i0.wp.com/dps.alaska.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/DPS-patch-logo.png
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Alaska Department of Public Safety
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	to serve as the primary means of visual identification at the top of the article dedicated to the entity in question.
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	Any derivative work based upon the logo would be a copyright violation, so creation of a free image is not possible.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	It is the Official Patch of the Alaska Department of Public Safety.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	The use of a low resolution image of an organization's logo in the article about that organization will not impact the commercial viability of the logo.
Other information	Aside from the claim that this file qualifies for use without permission under fair use, this file is also available under a license that permits educational, personal, or otherwise non-commercial use only. Files available under such terms do not meet the definition of Free Cultural Works as adopted by the Wikimedia Foundation, and are therefore considered non-free on Wikipedia and may only be used under Wikipedia's non-free content policy. This tag must only be used with a non-free license tag and a valid fair use rationale as required by policy. Fair use true
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Alaska Department of Public Safety//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alaska_DPS_(patch).pngtrue

Licensing

This logo is an official seal of a governmental entity or one of its government agencies, and may be subject to copyright, trademark, and/or other restrictions on its reproduction, especially in commercial contexts. The copyright is likely held by the government or agency in question. It is believed that the use of images of seals

to illustrate the government or agency in question
on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

qualifies as fair use under the Copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement.

Use of this seal here does not imply endorsement by Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation, nor does it imply endorsement of Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation by the organization. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Logos for more information.
Fair use

To the uploader:

Please add a detailed non-free use rationale for each article the image is used in, which must also declare compliance with the other parts of the non-free content criteria, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.
For example non-free use rationales, see Wikipedia:Use rationale examples.
This tag should only be used for seals. Do not use it for other purposes.

To patrollers and administrators: If this image has an appropriate rationale please append |image has rationale=yes as a parameter to the license template.

File history

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	00:01, 21 August 2026		325 × 307 (107 KB)	DatBot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	14:55, 20 August 2026	No thumbnail	634 × 600 (255 KB)	GamerDeltaUS (talk \| contribs)	Uploading a non-free logo using File Upload Wizard

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File usage

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Alaska Department of Public Safety