The Oglala Sioux Tribe, which once fought the westward push of the U.S., is now fighting for policing help it says was promised to the tribe in 19th-century treaties
Response times on Pine Ridge reservation can exceed an hour; ‘Angry Grandmas of Oglala’ try to fill the void
Five or six officers typically patrol during each 12-hour shift on the Pine Ridge reservation, which is about the size of Connecticut.PINE RIDGE, S.D.On a recent night, Officer Jason Lone Hill got a call from dispatch as he steered his patrol car through neighborhoods on the sprawling Pine Ridge Indian Reservation marked by boarded-up houses, junked cars and roaming dogs.
A prisoner had ditched a correctional officer at the emergency room of the local hospital, sending Officer Lone Hill on a race to search parking lots and nearby streets. Then, two more calls came in rapid succession: someone was having a stroke about 20 miles away and an intoxicated man was threatening a pregnant woman.
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