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Cooperative Agreements

Title: Law Enforcement Agreement among the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes, Hot Springs County, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs
Parties: The Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes, Hot Springs County, and the BIA
Date enacted/published: December 19, 2000

Description:

The tribes and county entered into this agreement to provide for cooperative law enforcement in Indian country that is within the W/ind River Reservation and Hot Springs County. Key provisions of the agreement include:

  • The parties designate administrators that will coordinate requesting and providing services.
  • Each party may issue a Special Law Enforcement Appointment (SLEA), which will not exceed three years.
  • Conditions in which a SLEA may be revoked.
  • SLEA officers may enforce all federal criminal laws applicable in Indian country, tribal criminal laws, and county and state laws.
  • Nothing in the agreement is meant to dilute either party’s sovereignty.
  • An SLEA officer must give notice to the administrator within twenty-four hours of exercising law enforcement powers pursuant to the agreement.
  • The closest available SLEA officer will respond to emergency calls and thereafter notify the other jurisdiction if applicable.
  • Conditions under which an officer may proceed in fresh pursuit of persons out of their jurisdiction.
  • The parties may enter into patrolling agreements.
  • All SLEA officers are authorized to issue citations from all of the jurisdictions.
  • The parties maintain day-to-day control of their own agencies.
  • Each party agrees to maintain adequate insurance for its own officers.
  • Each party will cooperate in the execution of arrest and search warrants.
  • The county will handle service of process outside of the reservation.
For additional information contact:
Tribal Fish and Game Department
P.O. Box 217
Fort Washakie, WY 82514
Or
Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes
P.O. Box 217
Fort Washakie, WY 82514
Or
Joint Law Enforcement Center
417 Arapahoe Street
Thermopolis, WY 82443
Or
County Commissioner Courthouse
415 Arapahoe Street
Thermopolis, WY 82443
Or
BIA Police Chief
P.O. Box 158
Fort Washakie, WY 82514
Title: Law Enforcement Agreement among the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes, the City of Lander, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs
Parties: The Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes, the City of Lander, and the BIA
Date enacted/published: December 18, 2000

Description:

The tribes and city entered into this agreement to provide for cooperative law enforcement in Indian country that is within the Wind River Reservation and the city of Lander.

Key provisions of the agreement include:

  • The parties designate administrators that will coordinate requesting and providing services.
  • Each party may issue a SLEA, which will not exceed three years.
  • Conditions in which a SLEA may be revoked.
  • SLEA officers may enforce all federal criminal laws applicable in Indian country, all tribal criminal laws, and all city and state laws.
  • Nothing in the agreement is mean to dilute either party’s sovereignty.
  • An SLEA officer must give notice to the administrator within twenty-four hours of exercising law enforcement powers pursuant to the agreement.
  • The closest available SLEA officer will respond to emergency calls and thereafter notify the other jurisdiction if applicable.
  • Conditions under which an officer may proceed in fresh pursuit of persons out of their jurisdiction.
  • The parties may enter into patrolling agreements.
  • All SLEA officers are authorized to issue citations from all of the jurisdictions.
  • The parties maintain day-to-day control of their own agencies.
  • Each party agrees to maintain adequate insurance for its own officers.
  • Each party will cooperate in the execution of arrest and search warrants.
  • The city will handle service of process outside of the reservation.
For additional information contact:
Tribal Fish and Game Department
P.O. Box 217
Fort Washakie, WY 82514
Or
Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho Tribes
P.O. Box 217
Fort Washakie, WY 82514
Or
Chief of Police
City of Lander
240 Lincoln Street
Lander, WY 82520
Or
BIA Police Chief
P.O. Box 158
Fort Washakie, WY 82514

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