TRIBAL PROGRAM NEWS
Police Department Starts from Scratch
by Norman Counts, Tribal Police Chief
Starting from scratch is an old
cliché, but it certainly fits the bill when
we talk about creating a police
department for the Confederated Tribes
of Siletz Indians.
In Malin, Ore., I started very nearly
from scratch, but in Siletz this project
proved to be the challenge I thought it
might be. The Confederated Tribes of
Siletz Indians has never had a police
department since its restoration, so it had
a goal of providing police services to
tribal members.
With a very high level of
cooperation and support from Tribal
Council and the tribal organization, plus
my efforts of “putting the department
together,” we are ready to go operational
in less than a year.
The first goal was to draft a complete
policy and procedure manual for the
department’s routine operation. 1 wrote
the policy, the Law Enforcement
Advisory Committee reviewed it for
necessary modifications, and Tribal
Council reviewed and adopted it.
Equipment
I also started to identify and order
the various police and office equipment
needed for routine police department
operations.
I intended to stray away from the
routine “LAPD-colored” uniforms, so we
selected a two-toned gray one. I
designed the department’s uniform
shoulder patch. I selected a different style
of shield for a badge and a special
centerpiece was designed to match the
tribal logo with the salmon on it.
I selected the .40-caliber Glock as
a department-issued service weapon
and will issue all police equipment to the
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two additional officers we will hire. We
printer, scanner, and digital camera. In
needed everything from a newly
addition, we also had to acquire desks,
designed commission card to all the
file cabinets, fingerprint kits, cross-index
office equipment. We are now equipped
with a new Gateway 2000 computer,
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Prevention, con't from page 9
Participation requires that youth
fill out two half-sheet forms, which
include a Prevention Program
Participation Agreement (the rules) and
a brief survey about future activities the
youth would like to see.
The other form will be completed
every time they attend the open gym.
This form requires reading two or three
paragraphs and answering two or three
questions, which should take about five
minutes of the participant’s time. If the
child is younger, we request that a parent
take the time to share the information with
the child and sign for both of them.
Open gym consists of half-court
basketball, cards, games and some
simple bead projects forthose who don’t
play basketball (suggestions for other
activities are welcome).
Open gym has been a fun activity.
Students who have participated have
been honest and have worked hard at
completing the paperwork. Nearly 95
percent of the youth have agreed to help
raise money to fund activities. If you have
questions or comments, please contact
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Lisa Brown at 1 -800-922-1399, ext. 333,
or 541-444-8333.
Peer Pressure
As human beings, we all are
susceptible to peer pressure. We feel the
need to fit in, to be part of a group, even
though we are all different in at least
one way.
Peer pressure can lead us to act
in ways that are not really our nature,
that are not really true to our real self.
Honesty plays a big part in the choice to
not give in to peer pressure. Being
honest with ourselves is the first step,
then we can begin to be honest with
others. The following are some tips that
you can use to modify behaviors and
practice being honest with yourself.
Stages of Behavior Change
1. Recognition happens when I see that
certain problems belong to me.
2. Hope develops when I become
aware that other people have had
these
problems
and
have
overcome them.
3. Clarity or understanding develops as
I understand how these problems
developed and why they continue.
4. Preparation involves gathering the
strength to come to terms with the
losses, changes and effort involved
in carrying out these changes.
5. Action continues over a long period
of time and in small increments. It
begins as I self-consciously stop my
old behavior and practice new
patterns of action.
6. Continuation means managing my
life so that I can carry on my positive
behavior and avoid creating
new problems.
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