Soboba Band signs mediation agreement with county
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Filed Under:
Law
Correction: The "Custer" comment was directed at the local sheriff's station commander and not to the sheriff.
The
Soboba Band of Luiseno
Indians signed a mediation agreement with the
Riverside County
Sheriff's Department on Monday in hopes of resolving law enforcement disputes.
The tribe had criticized the county for the fatal shootings of three tribal members in May. Chairman Robert Salgado had referred to a commander of Sheriff Stanley Sniff as "General Custer."
After mediation overseen by the Department of Justice, the two sides agreed to work more closely together. Sheriff's deputies will receive cultural awareness training and will keep the tribe informed about investigations.
But both sides still disagree on the extent of state jurisdiction on the 6,000-acre reservation. California is a Public Law 280 state.
Get the Story:
Tribe, sheriff agree to work together
(The Palm Springs Desert Sun 7/8)
Sheriff, Soboba tribe sign agreement on communication after shootings (The Riverside Press-Enterprise 7/8)
Username:
indianz@indianz.com, Password:
indianz
Soboba Indians, Riverside County Sheriff reach agreement (The Los Angeles Times 7/8)
Username:
indianz@indianz.com, Password:
indianzcom
Calif. tribe, police reach truce after shootout (AP 7/7)
Username:
indianz@indianz.com, Password:
indianz
Related Stories:
Soboba Band to sign law enforcement agreement
(7/3)
City seeks delay in Soboba
Band land-into-trust (7/2)
County
official blames Soboba leaders for violence (5/30)
County sheriff hopes to improve tribal relations
(5/29)
Soboba Band meets with county
sheriff again (5/23)
Soboba Band meets
county after fatal shootings (5/19)
Soboba Band plans to sue county over shootings
(5/16)
Soboba couple killed while hiding
from police (5/15)
Column: Law and
disorder on Soboba Reservation (5/15)
Soboba chair cites 'war' against county 'calvary'
(5/14)
Two dead in shootout at Soboba
Reservation (5/13)
Soboba man killed in
gunfight on reservation (5/9)
Overall
crime rate has dropped on Soboba Reservation (1/23)
Rise in violence cited on Soboba Reservation
(1/10)
Arrest made in homicide on Soboba
Reservation (4/18)
Second homicide on
Soboba Reservation in 2007 (4/6)
County
to stop patrolling Soboba Reservation (8/21)
Soboba Band cancels law enforcement pact (8/15)
Weapons cache seized on Soboba Reservation
(5/5)
Soboba Band expands police services
agreement (03/29)
Soboba Band signs law
enforcement contract (06/29)
Copyright © Indianz.Com
Subscribe