PHS.1.5.020 Chief of Police

(a) The Tribal Governing Board shall appoint a Chief of Police of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians upon such terms and conditions of employment as the Tribal Governing Board shall direct.

(b) The Chief of Police shall coordinate the law and order program on reservation lands. The Chief of Police shall meet as necessary with the Executive Director of the Public Safety Commission to discuss the law and order program and make recommendations for improving the efficiency of the program. The Chief of Police, in conjunction with the Executive Director, shall review the law and order program and assist in the preparation of the Department's annual budgets and shall administer funds used in the law and order program pursuant to the budget approved by the Tribal Governing Board. Subject to the availability of funding, the Chief of Police, with the concurrence of the Executive Director, shall establish such ranks and appoint and commission officers within the Police Department. The Executive Director of the Public Safety Commission shall supervise the Chief of Police.