Western Community Policing Second New York Listening Conference: Working Toward Solutions September 29-30, 2016 Brian Kauffman Executive Director Western Community Policing
Background on WCPI Background notables about WCPI: Funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance U.S. Department of Justice COPS Office and the Delivering tribal centered training since 1998 Located on the campus of Western Oregon University Training focused on tribal leadership, community policing, partnership development, problem solving, and supporting youth.
Challenges Partnership vs Relationships 1 : the state of being a partner : participation 2 a : a legal relation existing between two or more persons contractually associated as joint principals in a business, b : the persons joined together in a partnership 3 : a relationship resembling a legal partnership and usually involving close cooperation between parties having specified and joint rights and responsibilities : the way in which two or more people, groups, countries, etc., talk to, behave toward, and deal with each other : the relation connecting or binding participants in a relationship: as a : kinship b : a specific instance or type of kinship : the state of being related to the people in your family : a feeling of being close or connected to other people
Communications and Understanding Challenges Communications and Understanding Cleary and appropriately defining the problem
Collaboration for Positive Outcomes Tribal Public Safety Innovations, LLC Collaboration for Positive Outcomes David J. Rogers (Nez Perce) CEO-Tribal Public Safety Innovations. LLC www.tribalpsi.com
Jurisdictional Challenges Crow Dog Ex Parte 1883 Major Crimes Act 1885 Dawes Act 1887 Indian Reorganization Act 1934 PL 280 1953 Terminations 1953 Oliphant Decision 1978 Duro v Reina 1990
Efforts to Improve Courtesy Supervisions Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010 Violence Against Women Reauthorization 2013
Collaboration and Resource Sharing Community Probation Liaison Cultural Advisor Recruitment of Native Probation Officers Training of State Probation in Tribal Collaborations Training Tribal Community of Benefits of Collaboration Adopting Community/Cultural Based Assistance to Offenders On-Going Relationship and Partner Building
Working Together in the 21st Century