Meeting Between South Dakota Lawmakers, Tribal Officials Points to Potential for More Cooperation in Policing

Meeting between South Dakota lawmakers, tribal officials points to potential for more cooperation in policing

MOBRIDGE — South Dakota will offer a 13-week police certification course that gives priority to tribal recruits once every summer, the head of South Dakota’s Division of Criminal Investigation recently told the State-Tribal Affairs Committee. Speaking at the Grand River Resort, just west of Mobridge on the Standing Rock Reservation, Division Director Dan Satterlee told the committee and representatives from three of South Dakota’s tribes that th…

Meeting between lawmakers, tribal officials points to potential for more cooperation in policing

Ashaun Roach-Valandra, Sisseton Wahpeton Law Enforcement Services; Akia Winters, Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Public Safety; and Michelle Casiano, Sisseton Wahpeton Law Enforcement Services, are pictured on July 8, 2024, at the George S. Mickelson Law Enforcement Center in Pierre. (John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight)MOBRIDGE — South Dakota will offer a 13-week police certification course that gives priority to tribal recruits once every summ…