Justice Department expands Tribal Access Program

The U.S. Department of Justice has selected six federally recognized tribes to join the Tribal Access Program for National Crime Information, according to a press release by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado. The program gives tribal governments access to national crime information systems maintained by the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services Division.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the expansion arms tribal law enforcement with data to identify criminals, track predators and deliver justice for victims. The selected tribes are the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas; Cayuga Nation in New York; Duckwater Shoshone Tribe; Pueblo of Zia; Seneca-Cayuga Nation in Oklahoma; and Southern Ute Indian Tribe.