| CHRISTOPHER B. CHANEY (Seneca-Cayuga Nation), Principal Deputy Director (Virtual Presentation)

VIRTUAL PRESENTATION:

Attendees will be empowered with ideas and strategies to improve policing, community safety, and justice on Tribal lands.  The US Department of Justice has provided Tribal criminal justice agencies, including Tribal police, prosecutor’s offices, probation/parole, and Tribal courts with direct access to criminal justice data maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division.  This innovative opportunity is the DOJ Tribal Access Program (TAP); there are over 130 participating Tribes. TAP enables Tribal criminal justice agencies to have the opportunity to share critical public safety data with other jurisdictions.  TAP also provides a means for Tribal criminal justice agencies to obtain relevant information from other jurisdictions in order to protect lives and property on Tribal lands.  TAP has successfully enabled Tribes to apprehend fugitives, register sex offenders, protect victims of domestic violence, run criminal histories, and share information about Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP).  The sharing of Tribal criminal justice data is voluntary and is done consistent with Tribal law and policy as established by sovereign Tribal governments.