United States Indian Police

The program was administered by the Thiokol Chemical Corporation during the academy's period in Roswell and specialized to include the training of juvenile detention, criminal investigation, and supervisors.

In 1973, the academy was relocated to Brigham City, Utah to be combined with the Division of Law and Order Research and Statistical Unit from Pierre, South Dakota.

The academy is designed to teach future USIP officers how to fulfill the unit's mission to "prevent crimes, reduce recidivism, and support tribal justice systems.

[2] The USIP was given authority over cases of manslaughter, murder, assault, rape, arson, and burglary in Native American communities with the passage of the Major Crimes Act of 1885, now codified as 18 U.S.C.

The power of the United States Indian Police to arrest whites, half-Indians and those outside the reservation of their jurisdiction were continually challenged.

These being passed further gave the USIP jurisdiction over non-Indians as the majority of bootleggers were Caucasian, though most of those arrested by the officers were their Native American customers who did not have the same access to quality attorneys.

The Commissioner received a letter from an agent of another Indian police force about the difficulties he'd met with Sioux opposition.

"[3] One of the major setbacks for the United States Indian Police was the activity of prominent Western outlaw gangs, including the Cooks, the Starrs, and the Daltons.

His death also resulted in a law making it a federal offense to kill an Indian police officer, which is still in effect.