Wednesday, September 3, 2008
BIA hopes more police and community policing will ease crime on reservations
A surge of police officers and a concept known as community policing is having results on the Standing Rock reservation and the Bureau of Indian Affairs is hoping the same approach will work in other areas, according to the Associated Press. Pat Ragsdale, executive director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, said he thinks the same approach will help on the Pine Ridge reservation.
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I understand many of the Police officers were detailed to Standing Rock from other reservations, including my tribe. We are now left with only 5 BIA officers and with crime rate on the rise this is not enough to cover our reservation. I'm sure other reservations are facing the same - not enough officers. If another tribes have needs of officers would they send or detail their officers to assist? Something needs to be done here.
ReplyDeleteLol, no, that just means more Ndns will get caught and put in jail.
ReplyDeleteMost of the BIA Cops (bashing Indians around) that is exactly what they are good for. They too, as officers who should be examples have a drinking problem. Most are not trained well and most are abusive to their own people.Especially, to the women because of their power. They do not respect people with dignity and play favoritism. Even the judges who sit in Tribal courts play favoritism and employ their own family members. This includes the PD. They also are guilty of playing favoritism. Judges that have been sitting in Tribal Courts have problems with their own family members. Example: Sex abuse. This is serious and needs to be looked into. So are those in power immune from having to pay for their consequences to their behavior?
ReplyDeleteWhere do ethics come into play?
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