Navajo Tribal Police is the law enforcement agency on the Navajo Nation. It is under the Navajo Department of Public Safety. It is headed by six Police Captains and one Police Lieutenant. It includes: Internal Affairs, Criminal Investigation, Patrol, Fiscal management, Recruitment, and Training Divisions. The Navajo tribal police are responsible for seven districts, Chinle, Crownpoint, Dilkon, Kayenta, Shiprock, Tuba City, and Window Rock. Currently there are 319 Police Officers, a number of Criminal Investigators and there are 279 civilians, acting as support staff for the department . There is an approximate 1.9 police officers per 1000 people. The Navajo Tribal Police are funded by federal contracts and grants and general Navajo Nation funds. Navajo blanket Navajo Nation (Navajo: Naabeehó Dineé) is the name of a sovereign Native American nation established by the Diné. The Navajo Indian Reservation covers about 27,000 square miles (70,000 square kilometres) of land, occupying all of northeastern Arizona, and extending into Utah and New Mexico, and is... The internal affairs (United States terminology) division of a law enforcement agency investigates incidents and plausible suspicions of lawbreaking and professional misconduct attributed to officers on the force. ... In military tactics, to patrol, or conduct a patrol, is to conduct reconnaissance of a designated area or route. ... The term fiscal refers to government debt, expenditures and revenues, sometimes also to finance (particularly financial revenue) in general. ... Recruitment refers to the process of finding possible candidates for a job or function, undertaken by recruiters. ... Training refers to the acquisition of knowledge, skills, attitudes as a result of the teaching of vocational or practical skills and knowledge and relates to specific useful skills. ... Chinle (Navajo Chʼínílį́) is a census-designated place located in Apache County, Arizona, United States. ... Shiprock Shiprock, or Shiprock Peak (Dine: Tsé Bit Aí, winged rock) is a rock formation rising nearly 1,800 feet (540 meters) above the high-desert plain on the Navajo reservation, near the northern New Mexico town of Shiprock. ... A civilian is a person who is not a member of a military. ... The word federal in a general sense refers to the nature of an agreement between or among two or more states, nations, or other groups to merge into a union in which control of common affairs is held by a central authority created by and with the consent of the...

History

The Treaty of 1868 that released the Navajos from their captivity at Fort Sumner established law enforcement as the responsibility of the Federal Government and was administered by the Branch of Law and Order. The first Navajo Police were created in 1872. They were dissolved three years later despite their successes. Although there were police on the reservation, they were funded and supported by the United States Government. The Navajo Tribal Police Department wasn't reestablished until 1959 per request of the Navajo Tribal Council. Not only were they responsible for Law Enforcement but they were also responsible for the care and custody of prisoners. 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Fort Sumner, was a military fort charged with the internment of nearby Navajo and Mescalero Apache populations from 1863-1868. ... 1872 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Navajo Tribal Council is the legislative branch of the Navajo Nation government. ...

See also

• http://navajodps.org/content.asp?CustComKey=30996&CategoryKey=30997&pn=Page&DomName=navajodps.org
• http://www.navajo.org/NNDir.htm#DPS