This bill would extend Alabama police powers to the Poarch Band of Creek Indians by allowing them to employ police officers and exercise police authority on their reservation, similar to the Mowa Band of Choctaw Indians.
It would amend Sections 36-21-120 to 36-21-124 to include the Poarch Creek Indian Reservation in the law. It would authorize the Poarch Band to appoint and employ police officers to protect the Poarch Reservation and its people, with powers similar to state or university police (including bearing firearms). It would let these officers eject trespassers, arrest without a warrant for certain offenses on the reservation, and take people before the proper court. It would limit officer powers to reservation premises, with only limited off-reservation actions allowed for appropriate pursuit or felony arrests on or near reservation properties, and prohibit using state/local funds to pay the officers; the act would take effect immediately after governor’s approval.
Source: Alabama Legislature