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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 .
There were two other types of police officers on the reservations: Indian tribal police Several Indian tribes replaced hereditary chiefs with constitutional governments. These tribes hired police officers under a number of different titles—sheriffs, constables, regulators, lighthorsemen, etc.—to enforce tribal laws. Indian agency police
Lighthorse (or Light Horse) is an official or colloquial name for the police forces of federally recognized tribes in the United States. Some tribal governments officially refer to their police as Lighthorse while others do not. Historically, the term referred to the Five Civilized Tribes of the United States' mounted police forces. The ...
When an Oneida tribal police department officer died by suicide in 2017, it shook the close-knit community of police officers to its core. “His tragic situation definitely had an effect on every ...
Police Chief Algin Young of the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota said he has six to eight officers to patrol nearly 4,700 square miles (12,200 square kilometers) against an “influx of guns ...
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As of 2022, of the nine reservations in Oregon, five have tribal police organizations. These five forces are the Burns Paiute Tribal Police Department, the Coquille Indian Tribal Police Department, the Confederated Tribes of Grande Ronde Tribal Police, the Umatilla Tribal Police Department, and the Warm Springs Tribal Police Department.
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 ...