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| ![](media/i    | **The Inter-Tribal Integrated Justice Pilot         |
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| he             | **Phase I: A Complete Success**                     |
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| 5555555554in"} | Since the inception of the Inter-Tribal Integrated  |
|                | Justice Pilot Program on September 30, 2001, the    |
| **National     | Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and the Office   |
| Center\        | of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) has  |
| for Rural      | provided financial support as well as expertise and |
| Law**          | guidance in meeting the technological and training  |
|                | needs for the Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, and    |
| *              | the Pueblo of Zuni. With the assistance of BJA and  |
| *Enforcement** | COPS, the National Center for Rural Law Enforcement |
|                | (NCRLE) is developing a model that can be used by   |
| Criminal       | other tribal nations and non-tribal communities to  |
| Justice        | best serve the public safety needs of their         |
| Institute      | respective populations.                             |
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| University of  | As a part of the Inter-Tribal Integrated Justice    |
| Arkansas       | Pilot Program, the NCRLE has been working with the  |
| System         | Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, and the Pueblo of    |
|                | Zuni justice agencies to promote information        |
| 7723 Colonel   | sharing with tribal, local, state, and federal      |
| Glenn Rd.,     | systems. During Phase I of the project, NCRLE       |
| Suite B        | created the technical infrastructure necessary for  |
|                | an integrated data system between all three tribes. |
| Little Rock,   |                                                     |
| AR 72204-7503  | NCRLE developed networks in ten different towns in  |
|                | Arizona and New Mexico, encompassing 48 criminal    |
| Direct: (501)  | justice agencies. NCRLE actively worked with        |
| 570-8000       | liaisons from each tribe: Wilbur Maho of the Hopi   |
|                | Tribe, Tyler Lastiyano of the Pueblo of Zuni, and   |
| Toll-Free:     | Orlando Bowman of the Navajo Nation. They assisted  |
| (800) 635-6310 | in coordinating with the heads of their respective  |
|                | tribal justice agencies and governments in order to |
| TJISS Help     | provide NCRLE with full access to their facilities. |
| Desk: (877)    | NCRLE's accomplishments during Phase I included     |
| 47-TJISS       | providing technical assessments, purchasing and     |
|                | installing over 200 workstations, 40 servers, 40    |
| Fax: (501)     | switches, 38 wireless data systems, and complete    |
| 565-3081       | network cabling for the three tribes.               |
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| [www.c         | Wilbur Maho, Administrative Manager of the Hopi     |
| ji.net](http:/ | Tribal Courts, said, "The purchase of the equipment |
| /www.cji.net/) | was a great benefit. If it weren't for these        |
|                | machines, we would still be in the dark ages."      |
| [www.ncrle     |                                                     |
| .net](http://w | As a result of Phase I, the justice agencies in the |
| ww.ncrle.net/) | three tribes finally had the technical              |
|                | infrastructure and training to begin communicating  |
| [www.tjiss     | with each other electronically. This was the first  |
| .net](http://w | time some of these agencies were even able to send  |
| ww.tjiss.net/) | e-mail or have documentation in electronic format.  |
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| www.senti      | NCRLE also educated 90 tribal law enforcement       |
| nelproject.net | personnel on the fundamentals of Microsoft Windows  |
|                | 2000, Word, Excel, Outlook, Access, and Internet    |
| **Philip D.    | research, and provided advanced technical and       |
| Propes**       | network administration courses to 20 tribal         |
|                | computer personnel. Four training sessions were     |
| **Program      | held in Farmington, New Mexico, and participants    |
| Director**     | came from all three tribes. Three of the classes    |
|                | were for ordinary users, many who possessed little  |
| Center for     | to no computer experience at all.                   |
| Information    |                                                     |
|                | "Training for our staff was a big help," said Tyler |
| Technology     | Lastiyano, Corrections Administrator for the Pueblo |
| Engineering    | of Zuni Detention Program. "A majority of our       |
|                | officers, primarily in our police departments,      |
| \(501\)        | weren't experienced with computers of any kind. The |
| 570-8087       | training boosted their confidence to handle new     |
|                | technologies."                                      |
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| opes@ncrle.net | Since the inception of the Inter-Tribal Integrated  |
|                | Justice Pilot Program on September 30, 2001, the    |
|                | Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and the Office   |
|                | of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) has  |
|                | provided financial support as well as expertise and |
|                | guidance in meeting the technological and training  |
|                | needs for the Navajo Nation, the Hopi Tribe, and    |
|                | the Pueblo of Zuni. With the assistance of BJA and  |
|                | COPS, a model is being created that can be used by  |
|                | other tribal nations and non-tribal communities to  |
|                | best serve the public safety needs of their         |
|                | respective populations.                             |
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