GAC Highlight: Sharing Criminal Record Information Among New Mexico Tribes and State Kelly Harris,...

GAC Highlight: Sharing Criminal Record Information Among New Mexico Tribes and StateKelly Harris, SEARCH Deputy Executive Director

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Sharing Criminal Record Information Among New Mexico Tribes and State

• Players: State of New Mexico and three Indian Nations: Pueblos of Acoma, Laguna and Zuni

• Goal: Improve criminal record information sharing across tribal, state and federal jurisdictions

• Complexity:• philosophical, policy and technical data sharing

issues• Traditional justice systems and tribal sovereignty

• Catalyst: • criminal activity knows no boundaries• high profile tragedy results in legislation


Strategies

1. Governance. Establish a project advisory committee (PAC) comprised of tribal, state and federal representatives that will provide leadership, direction, input and assessment for the successful completion of projects related to this initiative.

2. Assessment and Development. Develop tribal capacity to share crime data inter-tribally and with the State of New Mexico.

3. Analyze Information Exchanges. Define the exchanges that can and should occur among and between tribes and the state and federal government.

4. Implement Standards. Establish minimum data collection and reporting standards that meet the needs of various agencies and also provides sufficient information for meaningful crime data analysis.

5. Conform with GJXDM. Define exchange transactions and documents that conform with this important standard.

6. Provide Access. Establish tribal access to NCIC and other state and national crime databases.


Priority Data of the New Mexico Pueblo Crime Data Project

Establish DWI information exchanges between courts and law enforcement and within the tribes.

Expand those exchanges to include state and federal agencies.

Continue with domestic violence, juvenile justice and criminal history information.


Tribal Structures

Diversity Laguna Acoma Zuni Navajo Taos Santa Ana

Language Keres Keres Zuni Dine Tiwa Keres

Location Rural Rural Rural Rural &close to

urban areas

Close tourban area

Close to urbanarea

Children’sCodes

Writtencode

CustomaryLaw

ExtensiveRevision

Writtencode

Proposedwrittencode

CustomaryLaw

CriminalCodes

Law & OrderCode

Law & OrderCode

Law & OrderCode

Law & OrderCode

Law &Order Code

Law &Order Code

CustomaryLaw

IntegratedSomewhat

Extensiveintegration

IntegratedSomewhat


IntegratedSomewhat


Local LawEnforcement

Tribal Police Traditional &Tribal Police

TribalPolice

Tribal Police Traditional &BIA Police

TribalPolice

TribalLeadership

Elected 2 yearterm

Appointed 1year term

Elected 4year term

Elect 4 yearterm



Court Modern Modern &Traditional

Modern Modern &Traditional

Modern &Traditional

Modern &Traditional

Judicial Hired byTribal Council

Hired byTribal Council

Hired byTribal

Council

AppointedJudges

Hired byTribal

Council

Hired byTribal Council


Success Factors

Strong commitment on the part of the participants.TribesState

Collaborative support from partners:US DOJOJP/BJA/BJSGlobal Information Sharing InitiativeLEISPTribal Justice Statistics CenterJustice Research and Statistics AssociationNational Center for Rural Law EnforcementIACPSEARCHOthers


Outcomes of Success

• Better decisionmaking and justice administration for the tribes and state.

• Increased information sharing in support of improved public safety safety.

• Use existing information sharing models and develop models where needed to be shared and leveraged by others.

• Additional development in support of the GJXDM.

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