Navajo president addresses crime issues at Native law enforcement conference

For Immediate Release: October 5, 2007
Navajo Nation Office of the President & Vice President
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Navajo President Joe Shirley, Jr., addresses Native crime before National Native American Law Enforcement Assoc. conference
MEMPHIS, Tenn.- Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley, Jr., has credited the National Native American Law Enforcement Association with helping to elevate the profile of tribal law enforcement agencies and bring greater attention to the needs of tribes nationally.
The President made his comments Tuesday during the opening session of NNALEA's 15th annual training conference here.
Approximately 600 participants attended the conference. Also representing the Navajo Nation was Navajo Division of Public Safety Director Samson Cowboy, Navajo Police Chief Jim Benally and Navajo Nation Emergency Management Incident Commander Johnny Johnson.
NNALEA is a nonprofit organization to promote and foster mutual cooperation between American Indian Law Enforcement Officers/Agents/Personnel, their agencies, tribes, private industry and public.
"In this day and age, it seems every which way we turn our sovereignty as individuals, as families, as communities, as nations is tested by crime," President Shirley said.
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