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By: Augusta McDonnell
CHICKASHA, Oklahoma -
The Bureau of Indian Affairs commissioned 13 local police officers Friday in Chickasha to prosecute tribal members under tribal and federal laws.
This move comes after the U.S. Supreme Court McGirt decision made big changes to the law enforcement landscape in the state.
After the McGirt v. Oklahoma decision in July 2020 and the subsequent Bosse appeal ruling in March, tribal land expanded to cover millions more acres in Oklahoma effectively restoring 19th century boundaries.
But that didn’t mean local law enforcement agencies had the authority to prosecute tribal members in their jurisdiction.
FALMOUTH Several employees of Gosnold Inc. claim that staff at the nonprofit s drug and alcohol detox center on Ter Heun Drive are not properly responding to positive cases of COVID-19 at the facility.
The 50-bed Gosnold Treatment Center, an inpatient facility where patients detox for up to six days, has had six staff members and seven patients test positive for the virus between March and January, according to Kevin Ralph, Gosnold’s chief development and external relations officer.
But employees say administrators have not been notifying them of positive cases among staff in a timely manner and have not been properly performing contact tracing. They also say that the center is not being properly sanitized and cleaned during the pandemic.