Indian Country Public Safety News

Open Source Intelligence Report by the DOJ Office of Tribal Justice

December 12, 2011

 

National

Two Habitual Domestic Violence Cases From Indian Country Head to US Supreme Court

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/court-rulings-could-give-prosecutors-more-power-to-go-after-abusers-on-indian-reservations/2011/12/12/gIQAVKa0oO_story.html

 

DOJ Publishes Rule for Assumption of Concurrent Federal Criminal Jurisdiction on

PL-280 Reservations

http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/12/09/42091.htm

 

FEMA Supports Legislative Change to Allow Tribes to Directly Request Presidential Disaster Declarations

http://www.hstoday.us/single-article/fema-supports-allowing-tribes-to-ask-for-aid/329a50372e4465cc85bdde4169993cff.html

 

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