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Cooperative Agreements

Title: Cooperative Agreement Providing for Cross-Deputization of Law Enforcement Officers of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation, the City of Wolf Point, the City of Poplar, the Montana Highway Patrol, and Roosevelt County
Parties: Assiniboine Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation, the City of Wolf Point, the City of Poplar, the Montana Highway Patrol, and Roosevelt County.
Date enacted/published: April 26, 2000

Description:

Pursuant to the State-Tribal Cooperative Agreements Act of Montana, Article VII of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation Constitution, and the Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act, this agreement provides for the citation and arrest authority of the tribes over Indians on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. Key provisions of the agreement include:

  • Each party agrees to cross-deputize the other and establish procedures for continued recurrent commissioning of new officers.
  • Commissioned officers must meet the standards and qualifications of the qualifying agency. In addition, all commissioned law enforcement officers must complete cultural diversity training.
  • Procedures for initial commissioning process.
  • Commissioned officers have the same authority to arrest Indians for violations of tribal code, but must promptly deliver that individual to the tribal detention facility.
  • Commissioned officers by Roosevelt County, Montana State Highway Patrol, or either city, officers shall have the same authority to arrest and cite non-Indians. Upon arrest, a commissioned officer must deliver the individual to the appropriate jurisdiction.
  • Agencies may request assistance for other agencies only if it does not interfere with an officer’s normal workload, is in response to a specific request, or is related to an arrest carried out by the assisting officer.
  • Standards for the status of commissioned law enforcement officers, including identification, compensation, and employment relationship.
  • All commissioned officers will be treated as federal employees, in accordance with the Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act and the Federal Tort Claims Act.
For additional information contact:
Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation
P.O. Box 1027
Poplar, MT 59255
Or
Montana Attorney General
P.O. Box 201401
Helena, MT 59620-1401
Or
Montana Highway Patrol
P.O. Box 201419
Helena, MT 59620-1419
Or
Montana Crime Control Division
P.O. Box 201408
Helena, MT 59620-1408
Or
Roosevelt County Sheriff
400 Second Avenue South
Wolf Point, MT 59201-1600
Or
City of Poplar
208 Third Avenue West
Poplar, MT 59255
Or
City of Wolf Point
201 Fourth Avenue South
Wolf Point, MT 59201
Or
District 5 BIA Law Enforcement Commander
Federal Building
316 North 26th Street
Billings, MT 59101