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Office of Justice Services
District VIII interacts with a number of Tribal Law Enforcement Programs in the states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Western Montana, and Alaska. District VIII covers a very diverse area from the foot of the Rocky Mountains to Coastal Villages, all the way to Annette Island in Alaska. The Tribal Police Departments in District VIII are as diverse as the area we cover.
District VII’s Headquarters Office is located in Bloomington, Minnesota. It is staffed with a Special Agent in Charge (SAC), Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC), Corrections Program Specialist, and a Program Analyst. Until 2012, District VII was part of District I and was supervised by the Special Agent in Charge in Aberdeen, South Dakota. In 2012, BIA-OJS split District I into two parts, the eastern part becoming the newly formed District VII
Effective May 12, 2019, Terrell Leonard has been appointed and assumed responsibility as the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Office of Justice Services (OJS) District VI (DVI) Office in Nashville, TN. The DVI Office oversees Indian Country law enforcement operations within the BIA Eastern Region jurisdiction servicing the State of Maine, south to Florida, then west to Louisiana by providing oversight and assistance for BIA OJS programs to 35 federally recognized tribes.
The District III Offices oversee BIA and Tribal law enforcement departments encompassed within Arizona, Nevada, and Utah. The law enforcement agencies and partnerships created in District III provide law enforcement, investigations, dispatch services, and corrections services for a wide range of geographic areas from the high desert of Northern Nevada to the bottom of Grand Canyon to the vast basin of Eastern Utah.
District II is currently staffed with several Special Agents to conduct investigations. These investigators are divided between rural and urban service areas with considerable distances between areas of responsibility due to the checkerboard jurisdictions.
District I Office is located in Aberdeen, South Dakota. The District covers tribes throughout North and South Dakota, and Nebraska.
“I have appointed a police, whose duty it is to report to me if they know of anything that is wrong.”
With those words, in 1869 Thomas Lightfoot, United States Indian Agent to the Iowa and the Sac and Fox tribes in Nebraska, became the first agent to report to a Federally-sponsored Indian police agency and thus, our very humble beginning. Since that time, our tactics and equipment have changed a great deal, but our commitment to serving our communities has remained strong.
Associate Director Audrey Sessions, Assistant Director Jason Thompson, Director Darren Cruzan, Associate Director David Little and Associate Director Steve Juneau.;
BIA- OJS is responsible for the protection of lives, resources, and property which lies at the heart of the BIA's law enforcement effort. BIA-OJS fully supports the Secretary's ongoing commitment to safe and healthy Indian communities. Under the direction of the Deputy BIA Director - Office of Justice Services, the Office of Justice Services (OJS) is responsible for the overall management of the Bureau's law enforcement program.
Jason Thompson
Jason Thompson, an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, became the Assistant Director of the Office of Justice Services in May of 2011. |
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