50.08.010 Division of Conservation Law Enforcement
The Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians (TMBCI) Tribe hereby creates the Division of Conservation Law Enforcement.
(a) Mission Statement: It shall be the mission of the Division of Conservation Law Enforcement to: Protect the natural resources of the TMBCI Tribe and to provide for public safety through proactive and responsive law enforcement services; and, to educate and serve the public. "Natural Resources" shall include forests, rangelands, waters, fish – wildlife and birds, waterways, endangered species, and associated plants, animals and habitats. The Division shall also have the responsibility to assist TMBCI Department of Natural Resources (DNR) personnel with any violations of laws, rules and regulations within any DNR game refuge, game management area, or designated park and recreation area.
(b) The TMBCI Tribe is authorized, as funding allows, to hire and train Conservation Law Enforcement Officers (CLEO's), a Supervisory Conservation Law Enforcement Officer, Conservation Law Enforcement Officer trainees, Forest Fire Wardens, law enforcement certified Park Rangers, and office support staff for the program.
(c) The TMBCI Tribe is authorized to provide and/or obtain funding for personnel; for all-wheel-drive law enforcement vehicles, ATV's, snowmobiles, and patrol boats; to provide for office and garage space, two-way radios, firearms, uniforms and badges, and other such equipment and supplies needed to perform their mission.
(d) All Conservation Law Enforcement Officers shall be supervised by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Office of Justice Services (OJS) and shall be required to be in compliance with all BIA OJS Standards as enumerated in BIA-OJS 3rd Ed. Law Enforcement Handbook or its success and 25 C.F.R. §§ 12.
