SUQUAMISH POLICE Opioid issues for Law Enforcement in Indian - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
SUQUAMISH POLICE Opioid issues for Law Enforcement in Indian Country Chief Mike Lasnier 32 Years in Law Enforcement 20+ Years as a Tribal Police Chief Street Level Narcotics, Federal Task Force, Major Crimes Chair, WASPC Indian
32 Years in Law Enforcement 20+ Years as a Tribal Police Chief Street Level Narcotics, Federal Task Force, Major Crimes Chair, WASPC Indian Country Committee Past President, Current Executive Board, NATEO Co-Chair, 3 County Opioid Workgroup & Chair, Overdose
Naloxone State Enforcement Authority Body-Cams Field Testing Opioids Tribal Law & Order Act TAP Terminals Selling Opioid treatment
Selling Opioid treatment
ODMAP; Overdose tracking Extradition & Drug
WSIN & NW HIDTA;
Drug Take-Backs
My Opinion; not Suquamish Tribe, nor any other Tribe. My experience, based on where I am Our sharing of ideas My goal is that at least one topic will spark an idea for you This is a mixed audience; my goal is something for
Some issues, not all issues Strategies for appealing to resisting Law Enforcement
Many of our normal tools are unethical or extremely
The impact on a Tribal informant for working with the
2nd Law Enforcement Agency in Washington to issue/ use
Resistance/ Lack of Support in 2013 & 2014 “Just Do It” Paired with a local Pharmacist, paid out of pocket First save 5 days later. State Law changed, now 100% of Police Strategy for stubborn cops & fire agencies
Historically, cross deputization Direct Authority from the State RCW 10.92
Training & Certification Insurance and limited waivers of immunity Insurance MOU with overlapping jurisdictions, and dispute resolution
First in region to go to 100% issue, on cusp of 4th set of
It’s not the hardware, it’s the storage! Public Disclosure is the biggest threat You have to rebuild the back end of the system, not just
Nearly all complaints will stop. Valuable clinical tool, if we could work out 42CFR issues.
Most LE agencies in our region have ceased field testing
This can impact court cases, and the ability to hold
Filter Masks, Eye protection, observation/ medical safety
Training on how to document drug recognition
Previously, Tribes could only incarcerate for 12 months
Under TLOA, 3 years per offense, stacking to 9 years Certain provisions; defense attorneys provided, trained
Less Federal Cases, more handled in Tribal Court
nDex; National Data
Bookings, Convictions,
Run our own criminal histories
Most things we were told were
Suquamish has had it for
Free, Federal security,
Real Time, easy to use,
Potential to prevent deaths Alerts for key roles; Health
Stunted by “Metadata” worries
If a Tribe has a warrant, usually nobody knows If they know, they frequently won’t do anything about it Every State, County,City, Town can extradite Implications for the success of VAWA Tribal Authority Working in Washington to create a process for Tribes to
Western States Information Network; NOT Tribal Friendly.
HIDTA; plays well with Tribes, helps us investigate drug
We had first one in our County, because no on else did When the system grew, we became part of the State
The vendor increased our workload dramatically, so we
Neighboring agency had incident over their box We refer to nearby pharmacy