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Nearly All of Kansas Tribal Agency’s Officers Walk Off Job

The police force consisted of a chief, a lieutenant and two regular officers, according to the Tribe’s Attorney General and General Counsel Napoleon Crews.

Nearly the entire Kickapoo Tribe Police Department in Kansas resigned Dec. 4.

At the regular City of Horton Commission meeting on Dec. 18, the commission heard that as of Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, the whole Kickapoo Police force resigned. The mass resignation came after the Bureau of Indian Affairs Law Enforcement Division (BIA) requested assistance and an assessment of the police department, Fox4KC reports.

When BIA agents arrived, the police force walked out, according to the meeting minutes.

The police force consisted of a chief, a lieutenant and two regular officers, according to the Tribe’s Attorney General and General Counsel Napoleon Crews. Crews said the chief, lieutenant and one regular officer resigned.

According to Crews, one regular officer is still employed. 

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