{"id":26316,"date":"2024-08-02T16:33:47","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T22:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/montezuma-county-sheriffs-office-approved-for-special-law-enforcement-commissions-on-ute-reservation\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T23:37:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T05:37:47","slug":"montezuma-county-sheriffs-office-approved-for-special-law-enforcement-commissions-on-ute-reservat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/montezuma-county-sheriffs-office-approved-for-special-law-enforcement-commissions-on-ute-reservat\/","title":{"rendered":"Montezuma County Sheriff\u2019s Office approved for special law enforcement commissions on Ute Reservation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Sun Bear Solar Project will cover 4,400 acres of desert with approximately 2.2 million solar panels and generate an estimated 1,700 to 2,400 gigawatt-hours annually. It will expand over both sides of U.S. Highway 160 on the Ute Mountain Ute reservation southwest of Towaoc. (Jerry McBride\/ Durango Herald)<\/span>cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

Montezuma County Sheriff Steve Nowlin on Tuesday announced that the Sheriff\u2019s Office has received a law enforcement commission from the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Ute Mountain Ute tribe and will begin training this fall to make arrests and serve citations on the reservation.<\/p>\n

Only the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the tribe can grant special law enforcement commission to other law enforcement agencies.<\/p>\n

The resolution granting the commission was approved Feb. 23, 2022, but the announcement about the Sheriff\u2019s Office training came two years later.<\/p>\n

The special law enforcement commission also was granted to sheriff\u2019s offices in San Juan counties of Utah and New Mexico, according to a document provided by Nowlin to The<\/em> Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The decision to grant the commissions was attributed to a shortage of officers on Ute Mountain Ute land, especially in White Mesa, Utah, the resolution said.<\/p>\n

A stipulation of the agreement calls on officers to be \u201cculturally sensitive and have knowledge of the Ute people and their culture.\u201d<\/p>\n

The law enforcement agencies must go through training in cultural practices of the Ute Mountain Ute tribe. Nowlin said he requested that the resolution include the cultural training, but because it hasn\u2019t begun, he decided to go ahead with the BIA training.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, I have made the decision after meeting with BIA to move forward because of the increased need,\u201d Nowlin said. \u201cThe Montezuma County Sheriff\u2019s Office has been and will continue to assist the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Ute Mountain Ute Casino security and BIA whenever assistance is requested or needed to help protect the citizens and visitors in the community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Training for the Sheriff\u2019s Office to obtain its special commission is expected this fall.<\/p>\n

The resolution of the granted commission will remain in effect \u201cuntil further action of the tribal council.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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