SLJASTL-15b-AK Survey of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies Servi

Survey of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies Serving Tribal Lands (SSLLEASTL)

2015 SLJASTL-LawEnforcement Survey AK v11

Survey of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies Serving Tribal Lands

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U.S. Department of Justice
Bureau of Justice Statistics

Form SLJASTL-15b-AK
NORC
RETURN 55thE Monroe
19 Floor
TO
Chicago, IL 60603

(NORC acting as data collection agent)

Survey of State and Local Law
Enforcement Agencies Serving Tribal Lands (Alaska)
Please record the eight digit PIN assigned to your agency, the agency name and address for your agency below.
If you are unable to locate the PIN assigned to your agency, please contact [email protected].

PIN
AGENCY NAME
STREET ADDRESS

CITY

STATE

ZIP

INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY
NAME
TELEPHONE

TITLE
Area Code

Number

Extension

FAX

Area Code

Number

EMAIL ADDRESS

The Survey of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies Serving Tribal Lands (SSLLEASTL) is a survey of law
enforcement agencies in PL-280 states that had jurisdiction over and/or provided services to trust lands and Alaska
native villages in 2016. Information collected on this form will provide needed information to law enforcement agencies,
federal agencies, and stakeholders working on trust lands and villages. Your assistance is greatly appreciated.

INSTRUCTIONS

1.	 Please answer all questions with reference to the law enforcement agency specified above.
2.	 For all questions, the phrase “in 2016” refers to January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016, unless
otherwise specified.
3.	 Some questions ask for exact counts of staff persons or of types of offenses handled by your agency. If you are
unable to provide an exact count in response to any such question, please provide your best estimate and mark the
"Estimate" box. If your agency does not track certain information, please mark the "Unknown" box.
4.	 For any series of yes or no response questions, please check either "Yes" or "No" for each option.
5.	 Please submit your completed form by mailing it to NORC in the enclosed postage-paid envelope, by emailing it to
[email protected], or by faxing each page toll-free to NORC at 1-866-315-7129.
6.	 If you have questions or if you need assistance in completing the survey, please contact NORC via e-mail at
[email protected] or call 1-877-253-2087.

BURDEN STATEMENT

Federal agencies may not conduct or sponsor an information collection, and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information,
unless it displays a currently valid OMB Control Number. Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 60
minutes per response, including time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and
completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate, or any other aspects of this collection of
information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the Director, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh Street, NW, Washington, DC
20531. The Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended (42 USC 3732), authorizes this information collection. Although
this survey is voluntary, we need your participation to make the results comprehensive, accurate, and timely. Data about your agency collected in
this survey will be made publicly available after analysis; however, BJS will not release the names, phone numbers, or email addresses of the
actual persons responsible for completing the SSLEASTL instrument.

Screener Questions

Section A. Adminstration

Please answer the following questions:

Agreements/Contracts/Types of Functions
Performed/Information sharing

S1.	 In 2016, did your agency provide law enforcement services
(e.g., make arrests, investigate crimes, provide detention,
or provide other court-related services) involving tribal or
non‑tribal persons on trust lands or Alaska Native
villages (villages)?
2	

Yes
	
No
	

3	

	Unknown

1	

A1.	 In 2016, which of the following agreements provided your
agency with authority to operate on trust lands or villages?
Yes

a. Federal and/or state legislation authorizes
(e.g., Public Law 83-280) . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Please stop here and mail/email/fax survey to the
location provided on the previous page.

b. Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs),
Mutual Aid Agreements (MAA), or other
written agreements for service between
tribal government and the state or
jurisdictional neighbors.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

S2.	 For crimes occurring on trust lands or villages, what arrest
authority did your agency have in 2016? Your agency may
have varying authority across different trust lands or
villages on which your agency works. When answering this
question, please respond ‘yes’ if it applies to at least one of
the trust lands or villages with which your agency had an
agreement.
Authority to arrest crimes involving

Yes

c. Informal or unwritten agreements
between jurisdictional neighbors (law
enforcement/local or county government
and the tribe/tribal law enforcement).. . . .
d. Agreements to provide services to tribes
without recognized lands or to tribal
communities recognized at the state, but
not federal level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

No

a. Indian offenders with Indian victims . . . . . . . . . . 

1

2

b. Indian offenders with non-Indian victims. . . . . . . 

1

2

c. Non-Indian offenders with Indian victims . . . . . . 

1

2

d. Non-Indian offenders with non-Indian victims. . . 

1

2

1

2

Unknown

1

2

3

1

2

3

1

2

3

1

2

3

1

2

3

e. Other agreement (specify):
_________________________________

A2.	 Please provide the names of all the trust lands or villages for
which your agency provided services in 2016. If your office
provided services to more than 5 tribes, please check the
box below and include a hardcopy list with this survey. If
you are completing this survey electronically, please attach
the list as a separate file when submitting the survey via
email.

e. Other (specify):
_______________________________________

No

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Types of functions covered under agreements
with Indian tribes on trust lands or villages.

A4.	 In 2016, did your agency perform any of the following traffic,
vehicle-related, or special public safety functions as a
primary provider or secondary provider on trust lands
or villages?

Your agency may have formal or informal agreements with one or
more tribes. When answering the following questions, please
respond ‘yes’ if it applies to at least one of the trust lands or
villages with which your agency has an agreement.

b. Patrol service��������������������������
c. Responding to citizen
requests for service����������������

3

1

2

3

3

4

b. Traffic direction and control����

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

f. Animal control������������������������

1

2

3

4

g. School crossing services��������

1

2

3

4

h. Fire services ��������������������������

1

2

3

4

i. Emergency medical services

1

2

3

4

j. Emergency management ������

1

2

3

4

k. Search and rescue ����������������

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

l. Natural resources
enforcement���������������������������

Yes,
Yes, referred to No,
primary secondary another
not
provider provider agency provided
2

2

e. Commercial vehicle
enforcement���������������������������

No,

1

1

d. Parking enforcement and
control������������������������������������

A3.	 In 2016, did your agency perform any of the following patrol,
response, or criminal investigation functions as a primary
provider or secondary provider on trust lands or villages?

a. First response to criminal
incidents ��������������������������������

a. Traffic law enforcement����������
c. Crash/Collision/Accident
investigation���������������������������

Primary Service Provider: Agency is designated with the primary
authority to respond to and/or provide services for a particular public
safety function.
Secondary Service Provider: Agency is not the primary authority to
respond to and/or provide services for a particular public safety
function, but may be called upon to respond to, support, or provide
services through formal or informal agreements.

Type of function

Yes,

Type of function

For questions A3 through A5, please respond ‘yes’ if these
services were provided on trust lands or villages or if they were
provided to the entire resident population, of which trust lands or
villages are included. If services were not provided at all by your
agency, select ‘No, not provided’

referred to
No,
primary secondary another
not
provider provider agency provided

A5.	 In 2016, did your agency perform any of the following
detention related or court-related functions for offenses that
occurred on trust lands or villages?

1

2

3

4

d. Arrests of criminal suspects ��

1

2

3

4

e. Special events crowd control

1

2

3

4

f. Dispatching calls for service��

1

2

3

4

g. Homicide investigations����������

b. Booking and release of inmates and
arrestees���������������������������������������������������

1

2

3

4

c. Inmate transport ���������������������������������������

1

2

3

4

i. Arson investigations ��������������

1

2

3

4

j. Cybercrime investigations������

1

2

3

4

h. Domestic violence response/
investigations��������������������������

k. Forensic crime scene
investigations��������������������������
l. Financial crimes and
investigations��������������������������

1

2

3

4

1

2

3

4

No,

Yes,

Type of function

a. Provide jail services����������������������������������

No

Unknown

1

2

3

1

2

3

1

2

3

1

2

3

1

2

3

f. Court security �������������������������������������������

1

2

3

g. Service of process (i.e., legal notification)

1

2

3

h. Executing arrest warrants�������������������������

1

2

3

i. Apprehension of fugitives �������������������������

1

2

3

j. Serving eviction notices����������������������������

1

2

3

k. Enforcing protection orders�����������������������

1

2

3

l. Enforcing child support orders �����������������

1

2

3

d. Operating OVERNIGHT lockup or
temporary
holding facility SEPARATE from a jail �����
e. Operating a temporary holding facility
(NOT FOR OVERNIGHT DETENTION)���

3

Yes

Information sharing

A10.	 In 2016, did your agency have an identified point of contact
at a federal law enforcement agency responsible for policing
crimes occurring on trust lands or villages (e.g., U.S.
Marshals, FBI, BIA)? Please respond ‘yes’ if your agency had
an identified point of contact for one or more of these
agencies.

A6.	 In 2016, did your agency's information system have the
capability of generating counts of reported crimes and
arrests for incidents occurring on trust lands or villages
separately from those occurring in other parts of your
jurisdiction?
For Reported Crimes (pick one):
1	

	Yes

2	

	 No, however this system is currently in development

3	

	 No, not planned in the foreseeable future

4	

	Unknown
	Yes

2	

	 No, however this system is currently in development

3	

	 No, not planned in the foreseeable future

4	

	Unknown

If you answered "Yes" to both reported crimes and arrests,
skip to A8.
A7.	 What is needed to report crime and arrest counts separately
for crimes occurring on trust lands or villages?
Yes

a. Implementation of a new record
management system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

No
2

3

1

2

3

c. Training. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1

2

3

d. Increased staff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1

2

3

e. State policy change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1

2

3

1

2

3

	 At least once a week

2	

	 At least once a month

3	

	 A few times a year

4	

	Once

5	

	Never

6	

	Unknown

	Yes

2	

	No

3	

	Unknown

	Unknown

1	

	 At least once a week

2	

	 At least once a month

3	

	 A few times a year

4	

	Once

5	

	Never

6	

	Unknown

b. Serve tribal search warrants on trust
lands or villages����������������������������������������
c. Serve county or state arrest warrants on
trust lands or villages �������������������������������
d. Serve tribal arrest warrants on trust lands
or villages �������������������������������������������������
e. Serve county or state protective orders
on trust lands or villages���������������������������
f. Serve tribal protective orders on trust
lands or villages����������������������������������������
g. Exchange information on jail detainers
with trust lands or villages�������������������������
h. Extradite persons from trust lands or
villages������������������������������������������������������

A9.	 In 2016, was there an identified point of contact
within your office for tribal affairs?
1	

3	

Yes

A8.	 In 2016, how often did your agency have contact with tribal
officials (e.g., tribal council, Chief of Tribal Police, or
tribal elders)?
1	

	No

a. Serve county or state search warrants on
trust lands or villages �������������������������������

f. Other (specify):
_________________________________

2	

A12.	 In 2016, did your agency provide the following services?

Unknown

1

b. N
 ew hardware; new software; enhanced
technology to modify an existing system.

	Yes

A11.	 In 2016, how often did your agency have contact with a
federal agency responsible for policing trust lands or
villages regarding trust lands or villages(e.g., U.S. Marshals,
FBI, BIA)? If your agency had contact with more than one
federal agency, please report the contact with the most
frequently contacted federal agency.

For Arrests (pick one):
1	

1	

4

No

Unknown

1

2

3

1

2

3

1

2

3

1

2

3

1

2

3

1

2

3

1

2

3

1

2

3

Budgets

Section B. Staffing, Budgets, Training

B5.	 The reference period for this portion of the survey is fiscal
or budget year 2016. What were the dates of your agency’s
fiscal or budget year for 2016?

Staffing
Your agency may have one or more formal or informal agreements
with one or more tribes or villages. When answering the following
questions, please respond ‘yes’ if it applies to at least one of
the tribes or villages with which your agency has a formal or
informal agreement.

B1.	 As of June 30, 2016, how many sworn officers worked in
your agency? If you cannot provide an exact count, please
provide your best estimate and check the “Estimate” box.

1	

	 Calendar year (January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016)

2	

	Fiscal year starting on July 1, 2015 and ending on
June 30, 2016

3	

	Other budget cycle: (Please indicate the dates of your
agency’s 2016 budget cycle)
____ ____ ______ to ____ ____ ______

Number of Officers Estimate Unknown

a. Full time�����������������������������

__________________

b. Part time ���������������������������

__________________

mm

	Yes

2	

	No

3	

	Unknown

dd

yyyy

Estimate

Unknown

__________________

__________________

Estimate

1	

	Yes

2	

	 No, but planning to do so in the future

3	

	 No, no plans to do so

4	

	Unknown

B8.	 In fiscal year 2016, did your agency receive funding either
directly or indirectly from any tribe to support law
enforcement functions? This includes monetary and in-kind
contributions, such as office space or heating.
1	

	Yes

2	

	No

3	

	Unknown

Skip to B10
Skip to B10

B9.	 How much funding did your agency receive in fiscal year
2016 from tribes either directly or indirectly? If you cannot
provide an exact amount, please provide your best estimate
and check the “Estimate” box.

B4.	 In 2016, what percentage of total staff time was spent
policing crime occurring on trust lands or villages?
______________________%

mm

B7.	 In fiscal year 2016, did your agency track expenses
separately for services provided to trust lands or villages?

Number of Officers Estimate Unknown

b. Part time ���������������������������

	

$____________________.00

B3.	 As of June 30, 2016, how many sworn officers had
responsibility for matters (criminal or non-criminal) on trust
lands or villages? If all officers policed trust lands or
villages, enter the total number of officers in your agency. If
no officers policed trust lands or villages, please enter 0. If
you cannot provide an exact count, please provide your best
estimate and check the “Estimate” box.

a. Full time�����������������������������

yyyy

B6.	 What was your agency’s total annual operating budget in
fiscal or budget year 2016? Operating budget is defined as
all recurring fixed and variable costs associated with the
management and administration of your system. It does not
include non-recurring fixed capital costs, such as building
construction and major equipment purchase. If you cannot
provide an exact amount, please provide your best estimate
and check the “Estimate” box.

B2.	 In 2016, did your agency have sworn officers whose primary
responsibility was addressing matters (criminal or noncriminal) on trust lands or villages? ‘Sworn officers’ is
defined as officers with full general arrest powers.
1	

dd

Unknown

$____________________.00

5

Estimate

Unknown

B10.	 In fiscal year 2016, did your agency receive any funding from
non-tribal sources directly to support law enforcement
functions on trust lands or villages? This funding can
include grants or funding from outside sources, such as
BIA, county government, state government, or federal
government as well as other sources, such as private
funding.
1	

	Yes

2	

	No

3	

	Unknown

B14.	 In calendar year 2016, approximately how many hours of
training on tribal jurisdiction, law or culture did officers who
work on trust lands or villages receive in the following
situations?
Hours per officer

Skip to B12
Skip to B12

B11.	 In fiscal year 2016, from what sources did your agency
receive funding from non-tribal sources directly to support
law enforcement functions on trust lands and villages?
Yes

a. Federal funding source�����������������������������
b. State funding source���������������������������������

1
1

No
2
2

3
3

1

2

3

d. Private funding source������������������������������

1

2

3

__________________

1	

	Yes

2	

	No

3	

	Unknown

Skip to C1
Skip to C1

Yes

B12.	 The reference period for this portion of the survey is
calendar year 2016. In calendar year 2016, would officers
receive formal or informal training on tribal jurisdiction, law,
or culture prior to working on trust lands or villages?
1	 	 Formal training only
2	 	 Informal training only
3	 	 Both formal and informal training
4	 	 No training
Skip to B15
5	 	Unknown
Skip to B15
B13.	 In calendar year 2016, which of the following trainings were
provided?
Yes

No

Unknown

a. Training on tribal legal systems�����������������

1

2

3

b. Training on traditional conflict resolution���

1

2

3

c. Cultural training�����������������������������������������

1

2

3

1

2

3

1

2

3

e. Other (specify):
_________________________________

b. Yearly training thereafter���

B16.	 In calendar year 2016, what types of training did your agency
provide to village public safety officers?

Training

d. Training on sovereignty and jurisdictional
issues �������������������������������������������������������

__________________

B15.	 Does your agency provide any training for village public
safety officers (VPSO)? Please include training that may not
be exclusive for village public safety officers, but is attended
by village public safety officers.

Unknown

c. Municipal funding source��������������������������

Estimate Unknown

a. Initial training prior to
working on trust lands or
villages������������������������������

6

No

Unknown

a. POST required training�����������������������������

1

2

3

b. Basic village public safety officer training�

1

2

3

c. Community oriented policing���������������������

1

2

3

d. Domestic violence�������������������������������������

1

2

3

e. Firearms ���������������������������������������������������

1

2

3

f. Non-lethal weapons/defensive tactics�������

1

2

3

g. Drug recognition ���������������������������������������

1

2

3

h. Crime scene investigation�������������������������

1

2

3

i. DUI/DWI investigations�����������������������������

1

2

3

j. Report writing and court room testimony �

1

2

3

k. Search and rescue �����������������������������������

1

2

3

Section C. Incidents
Number and types of incidents

C1.	 In calendar year 2016, please indicate the total number of arrests made by your agency. This includes the total number of arrests
for crimes that occurred both off and on trust lands and villages. If you cannot provide an exact count, please provide your best
estimate and check the “Estimate” box.
Total number of arrests for crimes that occurred both off and on tribal lands

Estimate Unknown

__________________________________________

C2.	 In calendar year 2016, please indicate the total number of arrests made by your agency that were for crimes that occurred on trust
lands and villages. If you cannot provide an exact count, please provide your best estimate and check the “Estimate” box.
Total number of arrests for crimes that occurred on tribal lands

Estimate Unknown

__________________________________________

C3.	 In calendar year 2016, where were arrests referred for prosecution when they involved juvenile tribal members when the arrest
occurred on or off trust lands or villages?
Incident occurred on
trust lands or villages
Yes

Juvenile arrest referred to:

No

Incident occurred outside
of trust lands or villages

Unknown

Yes

No

Unknown

a. Tribal justice authorities������������������������������������������������������������

1

2

3

1

2

3

b. County justice authorities ��������������������������������������������������������

1

2

3

1

2

3

c. State justice authorities������������������������������������������������������������

1

2

3

1

2

3

d. Federal justice authorities��������������������������������������������������������

1

2

3

1

2

3

1

2

3

1

2

3

e. Other (specify):
_________________________________________________

7

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the enclosed postage-paid envelope, by email to [email protected],
or by faxing each page toll-free to NORC at 1-866-315-7129.
If you have questions or concerns, or if you need assistance
in completing the survey, please contact NORC via e-mail at
[email protected] or call 1-877-253-2087.


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