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Fallon, Pyramid Lake tribes to get new law enforcement officer


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The Fallon Paiute Shoshone and Pyramid Lake Paiute tribes will each get to hire a new full-time law enforcement officer thanks in part to a $250,000 federal grant, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

The grant is part of a $98.5 million in federal funding through the Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services COPS Hiring Program, that was announced by Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday.

The Attorney General announced funding awards to 179 law enforcement agencies across the nation, which allows those agencies to hire 802 additional full-time law enforcement officers.

“Cities and states that cooperate with federal law enforcement make all of us safer by helping remove dangerous criminals from our communities,” said Attorney General Jeff Sessions. “Today, the Justice Department announced that 80 percent of this year’s COPS Hiring Program grantees have agreed to cooperate with federal immigration authorities in their detention facilities. I applaud their commitment to the rule of law and to ending violent crime, including violent crime stemming from illegal immigration. I continue to encourage every jurisdiction in America to collaborate with federal law enforcement and help us make this country safer.”

CHP provides grant funding directly to state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies to support hiring additional law enforcement officers for three years to address specific crime problems through community policing strategies.

The U.S. Attorney's office also announced the Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone in Elko will receive $125,000 to hire one law enforcement officer.

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