Tribe gives BIA proposal for police department

Pine Ridge - On Friday the Oglala Sioux Tribe gave the Bureau of Indian Affairs a three-part plan for keeping its own police department on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. About 30 tribal officers resigned or were relieved of duty after an Aug. 12 confrontation between some members of the tribe's executive board and its police department. The BIA sent 25 officers from around the country to help the remaining officers with law enforcement for a month, then added another 10 officers this week. BIA Director Pat Ragsdale says he'll review the proposal and continue to work with the tribe and then evaluate the situation before deciding whether to let the tribe run its own program.Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.

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