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The Bureau of Indian Affairs Police, Office of Justice Services (BIA or BIA-OJS), [1] also known as BIA Police, [2] is the law enforcement arm of the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs. The BIA's official mission is to "uphold the constitutional sovereignty of the Federally recognized Tribes and preserve peace within Indian country ". [1]
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 .
The United States Indian Police (USIP) was organized in 1880 by John Q. Tufts, the Indian Commissioner in Muskogee, Indian Territory, to police the Five Civilized Tribes. Their mission is to "provide justice services and technical assistance to federally recognized Indian tribes." [1] The USIP, after its founding in 1880, recruited many of ...
The state sometimes cuts tribal recruits if they’re accepted to the basic training course in New Mexico, Yankton Sioux Tribal Police Chief Alvin Young told South Dakota Searchlight last week ...
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Release. October 17. (2023-10-17) –. October 18, 2023. (2023-10-18) Navajo Police: Class 57 is a 2023 American documentary series directed and produced by Kahlil Hudson, Alex Jablonski and David Nordstrom. It follows recruits for the Navajo Police Training Academy over the course of a year. It premiered on October 17, 2023, on HBO.
Nov. 25—Mark Bensen was ready to retire when he saw a job opening for police chief at the Nez Perce Tribal Police Department. At 55 years old, he wasn't done and it was the perfect fit, so he ...
The Navajo Nation Police (formerly known as the Navajo Tribal Police) is the law enforcement agency on the Navajo Nation in the Southwestern United States. It is under the Navajo Division of Public Safety. It is headed by a Chief of Police, six Police Captains and eight Police Lieutenants. It includes: Internal Affairs, Patrol, K-9 Unit, Police ...