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Choctaw is an unincorporated community in Van Buren County, Arkansas, United States. Choctaw is located at the junction of U.S. Route 65 , Arkansas Highway 9 , and Arkansas Highway 330 , 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south-southeast of downtown Clinton .
The Treaty of Doak's Stand in 1820, appropriated US$600 per year to the Choctaw Nation to organize and maintain the Choctaw Lighthorsemen. These men were given the authority to arrest, try and punish those who broke tribal laws. The first corps became operational in 1824. [3] Peter Pitchlynn became the head of this force in 1825. [4]
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Arkansas.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 237 law enforcement agencies employing 6,779 sworn police officers, about 236 for each 100,000 residents.
Jul. 20—Choctaw Nation Tribal Prosecutor Kara Bacon met with Southeastern Oklahoma law enforcement officers Thursday in part of an ongoing series of discussions on how to best apply laws in the ...
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Choctaw Nation Headquarters The historic Choctaw Capitol in Tuskahoma, now a tribal museum. The Tribal Headquarters are located in Durant, and house the office of the Chief. Opened in June 2018, the new headquarters is a 5-story, 500,000 square foot building located on an 80-acre campus in south Durant.
Aug. 31—Applications for the Choctaw Nation's latest COVID-19 relief programs will go live Wednesday, Sept. 1. Choctaw Nation Tribal Council members unanimously approved the expenditure of the ...
Indian Agency Police were tasked with the enforcement of federal laws, treaty regulations, and law and order on Indian agency land. At the time very few tribes had tribal government, and therefore no tribal laws or police forces, thus the Indian Agents and their officers were often the only form of law enforcement in Indian Country. [2]