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tribal policing  

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  • Responsibility for policing Indian country has belonged to the federal government since the early 1800s. The agency carrying out that responsibility is the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Law Enforcement Services, located in the Department of the Interior, with officers who are federally trained and certified. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement; Tribal Policing]

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