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Tribal Law Enforcement
Tribally operated agencies provide a broad range of public safety services such as responding to calls for service, engaging in crime prevention activities, executing arrest warrants, performing traffic law enforcement, serving court papers, providing court security, and carrying out in search and rescue operations. Findings are based on the 2002 Census of Tribal Justice Agencies in American Indian Jurisdictions and the Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, 2000.
Summary findings
- Over 92% (314) of the 341 federally recognized American Indian tribes in the lower 48 states participated in the Census of Tribal Justice Agencies 2002.
- As of June 2000, American Indian tribes operated 171 law enforcement agencies that employed the equivalent of at least one full-time sworn officer with general arrest powers. In addition, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) operated 37 agencies providing law enforcement services in Indian country.
- Tribally operated agencies employed 3,462 full-time personnel and 217 part-time personnel as of June 2000. Located in Tribal Law Enforcement, 2000 Fact Sheet pg. 1.
- Tribally operated agencies provided a broad range of public safety services and functions in 2000. Nearly all (94%) tribally operated agencies responded to calls for service, and a large majority engaged in crime prevention activities (88%).
- Among tribes with law enforcement agencies, 79% operated through a Public Law 93-638 or a self-governance contract.
- Fifty-one percent of tribal law enforcement agencies have cross deputization agreements with neighboring non-tribal authorities such as state, county and local law enforcement agencies.
- An estimated 80% of tribes received either partial or supportive law enforcement services from local police departments (52.2%) and state agencies (28%).
- Fifty-five percent of tribal law enforcement agencies have access to the National Crime Information Center (NCIC).
- In 2000, less than 20% of tribal law enforcement agencies submitted their criminal history records to a state or FBI data repository.
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