This chapter shall be known as the "Nottawaseppi Huron Band
of the Potawatomi Police Department Code." Its effective date shall
be the date this document is approved by resolution of the Tribal
Council.
The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the establishment
of a Police Department and to define the duties and training standards
for law enforcement personnel according to the highest professional
standards.
This chapter is enacted pursuant to authority provided by Article
VI, Sec. 1(i) of the Tribe's Constitution, which empowers the
Tribal Council to provide for the maintenance of law and order and
employ personnel to implement and administer law and order.
This ordinance is adopted by Tribal Council Resolution No. 02-19-09-02.
Should any provision of this chapter or the application thereof
to any person or circumstances be held as invalid, such invalidity
shall not affect other provisions of this chapter which are considered
to have legal force without the invalid portions. Nothing herein shall
be construed as inconsistent with the Constitution of the Nottawaseppi
Huron Band of the Potawatomi Constitution.
This chapter supersedes any other tribal laws, policies, regulations,
rules, resolutions, motions and all other similar actions which are
inconsistent with the express terms of this chapter, and any prior
actions which conflict with this chapter are hereby repealed unless
specifically reenacted after adoption of this chapter.
