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By Carson Walker
Sioux Falls, South Dakota (AP)
U.S. Sens. John Thune and Byron Dorgan want to replenish the number of law enforcement officers assigned to the Standing Rock Reservation that straddles their states.
They said a surge of Bureau of Indian Affairs officers last summer – dubbed Operation Dakota Peacekeeper – bumped staffing levels from 13 to 37 on the reservation that’s roughly the size of Connecticut. But the extra help is gone and the crime rate, at one point more than eight times the national average, is on the rise after dropping during the surge.
Sioux Falls, South Dakota (AP)
U.S. Sens. John Thune and Byron Dorgan want to replenish the number of law enforcement officers assigned to the Standing Rock Reservation that straddles their states.
They said a surge of Bureau of Indian Affairs officers last summer – dubbed Operation Dakota Peacekeeper – bumped staffing levels from 13 to 37 on the reservation that’s roughly the size of Connecticut. But the extra help is gone and the crime rate, at one point more than eight times the national average, is on the rise after dropping during the surge.
