The Shawano County Sheriff’s Department will continue to provide law enforcement services for the Ho-Chunk and Stockbridge-Munsee tribes in 2014.
Capt. Tom Tuma said the agreements are the same that they have been in previous years, aside from some technical language.
“It’s my guess that the agreement that has been in place for a number of years will continue,” he said.
The Stockbridge-Munsee tribe has been trying to establish its own sovereign police force with the state, but the application is still being dealt with, Tuma said. Right now, the county deputizes all Stockbridge-Munsee police officers.
There is an agreement in place that can be altered mid-year if the tribe eventually gets its own police force.
The amount of money the county will receive is unknown. The state changed the rules so that the county will not know until January how much it will receive for any of its tribal grants, Tuma said.
Tuma reported that a state official informed him that “you can count on the same amount for last year, plus a little bit more.”
The county is only a go-between for the grants with the state and the tribes. Not one dime is applied toward county operations, according to Tuma.
The grants received preliminary approval from the Tribal Affairs Committee on Tuesday. They will go on to the Public Safety Committee for a recommendation next week before going to the County Board for a final vote Nov. 20.
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