The Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety has deployed the first mobile command center on the reservation.
The $550,000 vehicle is based in Shiprock, New Mexico, but it can travel anywhere. It allows officers to do their work in remote parts of the reservation.
"We can hook up to a building, to a chapter house or we can run on a generator in the middle of nowhere," Shiprock Police Captain Ivan Tsosie told The Farmington Daily Times. "Before, officers and commanders were in the middle of nowhere trying to get services to people. This helps us coordinate resources better and deploy our assets to whatever crisis arises."
The tribe hopes to buy more units to cover the 27,000-square-mile reservation.
Get the Story:
Shiprock police unveil mobile command center
(The Farmington Daily Times 3/25)
Trending in News
1 White House Council on Native American Affairs meets quick demise under Donald Trump
2 'A process of reconnecting': Young Lakota actor finds ways to stay tied to tribal culture
3 Jenni Monet: Bureau of Indian Affairs officer on leave after fatal shooting of Brandon Laducer
4 'A disgraceful insult': Joe Biden campaign calls out Navajo leader for Republican speech
5 Kaiser Health News: Sisters from Navajo Nation died after helping coronavirus patients
2 'A process of reconnecting': Young Lakota actor finds ways to stay tied to tribal culture
3 Jenni Monet: Bureau of Indian Affairs officer on leave after fatal shooting of Brandon Laducer
4 'A disgraceful insult': Joe Biden campaign calls out Navajo leader for Republican speech
5 Kaiser Health News: Sisters from Navajo Nation died after helping coronavirus patients
More Stories
Share this Story!
You are enjoying stories from the Indianz.Com Archive, a collection dating back to 2000. Some outgoing links may no longer work due to age.
All stories in the Indianz.Com Archive are available for publishing via Creative Commons License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)