CSV.1.4.050 Investigations

(a) Any person authorized to enforce the provisions of this ordinance may:

(1) Investigate complaints regarding natural resource harvest violations within the Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation lands as well as off-reservation lands under the jurisdiction and purview of the Lac Courte Oreilles Tribe.

(2) Subject to Section CSV.1.4.050(b), conduct routine inspections of a tribal natural resources harvesting permit or a member's tribal identification card required by Section CSV.1.3.030(c) of this ordinance;

(3) Execute and serve warrants and other process issued by the tribal court in accordance with applicable law;

(4) Stop and board any boat and stop any automobile or other vehicle if the person reasonably suspects there is a violation or breach of this ordinance;

(5) With or without a warrant, open, enter and examine vessels, boats, wagons, trailers, automobiles, vehicles, snowmobiles, and packages and other receptacles contained therein, in which the person has probable cause to believe that contraband miscellaneous forest product, wild rice, or wild animal, or carcasses or part thereof, may be contained therein;

(6) May seize and hold subject to the order of the tribal court any alleged contraband or property which such person reasonably believes may be needed as evidence in connection with the institution of proceedings in tribal court or any property otherwise authorized to be seized by the provisions of this ordinance. Upon confiscation, the tribal conservation department must give the person suspected of violating this ordinance a receipt and a copy of the tribal conservation department's retention policies for confiscated property;

(7) Issue or refuse to issue permits for hunting, fishing, trapping and gathering in accordance with this ordinance;

(8) Exercise reasonable discretion and judgment in enforcing and applying any provision of this ordinance.

(b) The inspections authorized by Section CSV.1.4.050(a)(2) shall be conducted in a manner and at such times and locations as are reasonable and appropriate in the ordinary course of routine enforcement activities.