2 bills aim to resolve law enforcement dispute between state, Lake County and CSKT

2 bills aim to resolve law enforcement dispute between state, Lake County and CSKT

Lawmakers have proposed two bills this session that aim to resolve a long-standing law enforcement dispute between the state of Montana, Lake County and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. This story also appeared in ICT At the center of the conflict is Public Law 280, a federal law that shifts law enforcement jurisdiction on some Indian reservations from the federal government to certain states. While Public Law …