Tribal Police Take Over Duties From BIA on Pine Ridge

RAPID CITY, S.D (AP) — Tribal police have taken over law enforcement duties from the Bureau of Indian Affairs on the Pine Ridge Reservation.

Tribal Police Chief Robert Ecoffey told the Rapid City Journal said the tribe wasn’t getting “enough resources in terms of manpower” from the BIA.

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