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Indian tribal policearepolice officershired byNative Americantribes. The largest tribal police agency is theNavajo Nation Police Departmentand the second largest is theCherokee Nation Marshal Service.
History
editIn the early 1800s the Cherokee Nation established "regulating companies" with appointed regulators to combat horse theft and other crimes. On November 18, 1844, the Cherokee Nation established the firstLighthorsecompany, a unit of mounted tribal policemen referred to as Lighthorsemen. In 1820 the Choctaw Lighthorse was established. The Creek and Seminole tribes also established lighthorses before the "Five Civilized Tribes"lost their lands in the 19th century the lighthorses were disbanded.[1]
In 1869 the USIndian Agentto theSac and Foxand Iowa Tribes appointed American Indians as policemen. This is the first record of a federally sponsored Indian police force and was the first of theIndian Agency Police.Indian Agency Police were tasked with the enforcement of federal laws, treaty regulations, and law and order on Indian agency land. At the time very few tribes had tribal government, and therefore no tribal laws or police forces, thus the Indian Agents and their officers were often the only form of law enforcement inIndian Country.[2]
Description
editTribal police historically had several different titles—sheriffs, constables, regulators,lighthorsemen—and today work closely with local, state, and federal police agencies.
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