13847. (a) There is hereby established in the agency a program of
financial and technical assistance for local law enforcement, called
the Rural Indian Crime Prevention Program. The program shall target
the relationship between law enforcement and Native American
communities to encourage and to strengthen cooperative efforts and to
implement crime suppression and prevention programs.
(b) The secretary may allocate and award funds to those local
units of government, or combinations thereof, in which a special
program is established in law enforcement agencies that meets the
criteria set forth in Sections 13847.1 and 13847.2.
(c) The allocation and award of funds shall be made upon
application executed by the chief law enforcement officer of the
applicant unit of government and approved by the legislative body.
Funds disbursed under this chapter shall not supplant local funds
that would, in the absence of the Rural Indian Crime Prevention
Program, be made available to support the suppression and prevention
of crime on reservations and rancherias.
(d) The secretary shall prepare and issue administrative
guidelines and procedures for the Rural Indian Crime Prevention
Program consistent with this chapter.
(e) The guidelines shall set forth the terms and conditions upon
which the agency is prepared to offer grants of funds pursuant to
statutory authority. The guidelines do not constitute rules,
regulations, orders, or standards of general application.
(f) Every three years, commencing on and after January 1, 1991,
the secretary shall prepare a report to the Legislature describing in
detail the operation of the program and the results obtained from
law enforcement rural Indian crime prevention programs receiving
funds under this chapter.
13847.1. Law enforcement agencies receiving funds under this
chapter shall meet the following criteria:
(a) Training of law enforcement personnel to be culturally
sensitive in the delivery of services to the Native American
communities. This training shall include, but shall not be limited
to, all of the following:
(1) The creation of an Indian community officer position.
(2) The recruiting and training of Native American volunteers to
assist in implementing and conducting reservation or rancheria crime
prevention programs.
(b) Increasing community crime awareness by establishing community
involvement programs, such as community or neighborhood watch
programs, tailored for reservations and rancherias.
(c) Establishing drug traffic intervention programs on
reservations through the increased use of law enforcement and special
assignment officers.
(d) Developing a delinquency prevention or diversion program for
Indian teenagers and young adults.
13847.2. (a) The Rural Indian and Law Enforcement Local Advisory
Committee shall be composed of a chief executive of a law enforcement
agency, two tribal council members, two tribal elders, one Indian
law enforcement officer, one Indian community officer, one
representative of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and any additional
members that may prove to be crucial to the committee. All members of
the advisory committee shall be designated by the secretary, who
shall provide staff services to the advisory committee.
(b) The secretary, in consultation with the advisory committee,
shall develop specific guidelines, and administrative procedures, for
the selection of projects to be funded by the Rural Indian Crime
Prevention Program which guidelines shall include the selection
criteria described in this chapter.
(c) Administration of the overall program and the evaluation and
monitoring of all grants made under this chapter shall be performed
by the agency, provided that funds expended for these functions shall
not exceed 5 percent of the total annual amount made available for
the purpose of this chapter.
13847. (a) There is hereby established in the agency a program of
financial and technical assistance for local law enforcement, called
the Rural Indian Crime Prevention Program. The program shall target
the relationship between law enforcement and Native American
communities to encourage and to strengthen cooperative efforts and to
implement crime suppression and prevention programs.
(b) The secretary may allocate and award funds to those local
units of government, or combinations thereof, in which a special
program is established in law enforcement agencies that meets the
criteria set forth in Sections 13847.1 and 13847.2.
(c) The allocation and award of funds shall be made upon
application executed by the chief law enforcement officer of the
applicant unit of government and approved by the legislative body.
Funds disbursed under this chapter shall not supplant local funds
that would, in the absence of the Rural Indian Crime Prevention
Program, be made available to support the suppression and prevention
of crime on reservations and rancherias.
(d) The secretary shall prepare and issue administrative
guidelines and procedures for the Rural Indian Crime Prevention
Program consistent with this chapter.
(e) The guidelines shall set forth the terms and conditions upon
which the agency is prepared to offer grants of funds pursuant to
statutory authority. The guidelines do not constitute rules,
regulations, orders, or standards of general application.
(f) Every three years, commencing on and after January 1, 1991,
the secretary shall prepare a report to the Legislature describing in
detail the operation of the program and the results obtained from
law enforcement rural Indian crime prevention programs receiving
funds under this chapter.
13847.1. Law enforcement agencies receiving funds under this
chapter shall meet the following criteria:
(a) Training of law enforcement personnel to be culturally
sensitive in the delivery of services to the Native American
communities. This training shall include, but shall not be limited
to, all of the following:
(1) The creation of an Indian community officer position.
(2) The recruiting and training of Native American volunteers to
assist in implementing and conducting reservation or rancheria crime
prevention programs.
(b) Increasing community crime awareness by establishing community
involvement programs, such as community or neighborhood watch
programs, tailored for reservations and rancherias.
(c) Establishing drug traffic intervention programs on
reservations through the increased use of law enforcement and special
assignment officers.
(d) Developing a delinquency prevention or diversion program for
Indian teenagers and young adults.
13847.2. (a) The Rural Indian and Law Enforcement Local Advisory
Committee shall be composed of a chief executive of a law enforcement
agency, two tribal council members, two tribal elders, one Indian
law enforcement officer, one Indian community officer, one
representative of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and any additional
members that may prove to be crucial to the committee. All members of
the advisory committee shall be designated by the secretary, who
shall provide staff services to the advisory committee.
(b) The secretary, in consultation with the advisory committee,
shall develop specific guidelines, and administrative procedures, for
the selection of projects to be funded by the Rural Indian Crime
Prevention Program which guidelines shall include the selection
criteria described in this chapter.
(c) Administration of the overall program and the evaluation and
monitoring of all grants made under this chapter shall be performed
by the agency, provided that funds expended for these functions shall
not exceed 5 percent of the total annual amount made available for
the purpose of this chapter.
13847. (a) There is hereby established in the agency a program of
financial and technical assistance for local law enforcement, called
the Rural Indian Crime Prevention Program. The program shall target
the relationship between law enforcement and Native American
communities to encourage and to strengthen cooperative efforts and to
implement crime suppression and prevention programs.
(b) The secretary may allocate and award funds to those local
units of government, or combinations thereof, in which a special
program is established in law enforcement agencies that meets the
criteria set forth in Sections 13847.1 and 13847.2.
(c) The allocation and award of funds shall be made upon
application executed by the chief law enforcement officer of the
applicant unit of government and approved by the legislative body.
Funds disbursed under this chapter shall not supplant local funds
that would, in the absence of the Rural Indian Crime Prevention
Program, be made available to support the suppression and prevention
of crime on reservations and rancherias.
(d) The secretary shall prepare and issue administrative
guidelines and procedures for the Rural Indian Crime Prevention
Program consistent with this chapter.
(e) The guidelines shall set forth the terms and conditions upon
which the agency is prepared to offer grants of funds pursuant to
statutory authority. The guidelines do not constitute rules,
regulations, orders, or standards of general application.
(f) Every three years, commencing on and after January 1, 1991,
the secretary shall prepare a report to the Legislature describing in
detail the operation of the program and the results obtained from
law enforcement rural Indian crime prevention programs receiving
funds under this chapter.
13847.1. Law enforcement agencies receiving funds under this
chapter shall meet the following criteria:
(a) Training of law enforcement personnel to be culturally
sensitive in the delivery of services to the Native American
communities. This training shall include, but shall not be limited
to, all of the following:
(1) The creation of an Indian community officer position.
(2) The recruiting and training of Native American volunteers to
assist in implementing and conducting reservation or rancheria crime
prevention programs.
(b) Increasing community crime awareness by establishing community
involvement programs, such as community or neighborhood watch
programs, tailored for reservations and rancherias.
(c) Establishing drug traffic intervention programs on
reservations through the increased use of law enforcement and special
assignment officers.
(d) Developing a delinquency prevention or diversion program for
Indian teenagers and young adults.
13847.2. (a) The Rural Indian and Law Enforcement Local Advisory
Committee shall be composed of a chief executive of a law enforcement
agency, two tribal council members, two tribal elders, one Indian
law enforcement officer, one Indian community officer, one
representative of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and any additional
members that may prove to be crucial to the committee. All members of
the advisory committee shall be designated by the secretary, who
shall provide staff services to the advisory committee.
(b) The secretary, in consultation with the advisory committee,
shall develop specific guidelines, and administrative procedures, for
the selection of projects to be funded by the Rural Indian Crime
Prevention Program which guidelines shall include the selection
criteria described in this chapter.
(c) Administration of the overall program and the evaluation and
monitoring of all grants made under this chapter shall be performed
by the agency, provided that funds expended for these functions shall
not exceed 5 percent of the total annual amount made available for
the purpose of this chapter.
