{"id":129232,"date":"2025-03-24T13:34:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T18:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=129232"},"modified":"2025-03-24T15:02:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T20:02:59","slug":"press-release-sen-mike-rounds-r-south-dakota-calls-for-commission-on-crime-in-indian-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2025\/03\/24\/press-release-sen-mike-rounds-r-south-dakota-calls-for-commission-on-crime-in-indian-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Release: Sen. Mike Rounds (R-South Dakota) calls for commission on crime in Indian Country"},"content":{"rendered":"\"Mike<\/a>
Sen. Mike Rounds (R-South Dakota) serves on the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs in the 119th Congress. Photo: Senate Committee on Indian Affairs<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n
Rounds Requests Creation of Commission Addressing Violent Crimes on Reservations<\/div>\r\n
Monday, March 24, 2025<\/div>\r\n
Indianz.Com<\/div>\r\n

<\/p>\r\nThe following is the text of a March 20, 2025, news release from Sen. Mike Rounds<\/a> (R-South Dakota), a member of of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.<\/a><\/em>\r\n

<\/p>\r\n WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum requesting the creation of a \u201cViolent Crime Reduction Commission\u201d to address violent crime on reservations.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nDuring Rounds\u2019 meetings with tribal leaders over the last few months, several tribes expressed an interest in creating this commission focused on crime. This proposed body would be made up of officials from the Department of Justice, the Department of the Interior and leaders from tribal areas under federal criminal jurisdiction. Tribal leaders in support of the proposal have indicated only a multi-jurisdictional effort, like a commission, will effectively combat serious violent crime issues.\r\n

<\/p>\r\n\u201cGreat Plains reservation communities are continuing to deal with a public safety crisis,\u201d wrote Rounds<\/strong>. \u201cWith some tribes experiencing violent crime rates five times higher than the national average, it is clear that traditional law enforcement approaches alone are ineffective and officials will need to develop alternative solutions. Due to President Trump\u2019s dedication to fighting violent crime, I believe it is the right time for the federal government to reevaluate and strengthen tribal public safety programs.\u201d  \r\n

<\/p>\r\nBACKGROUND<\/strong>:
\r\nRounds has been a leader on addressing the public safety crisis on reservations in South Dakota.

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