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Revenge Porn Act: Navajo law enforcement need financial assistance

COUNCIL NOW DEBATING LEGISLATION 0428-17: An Action Relating To Health, Education and Human Services, Resources and Development, Law and Order, Naabik’iyati’ Committees and the CONavajo Nation Council: Enacting the Revenge Porn Act and Amending Title 17 Sex Offenses DELEGATE EDMUND YAZZIE i do support cuz strengthens laws of Navajo and hear comments after comments how […]

Proposed Navajo Nation Alcohol Tax legislation returns to Budget & Finance Committee

NAVAJO NATION COUNCIL DEBATING LEGISLATION 0084-15: AN ACTION RELATING TO HEALTH, EDUCATIN AND HUMAN SERVICES, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT, BUDET AND FINANCE, LAW AND ORDER, NAABIK’IYATI’ AND NAVAJO NATIN COUNCIL; AMENDING NAVAJO NATIN CODE TITLE 24 BY ENACTING THE ALCOHOL TAX. SPONSOR, DELEGATE EDMUND YAZZIE This legislation would generate about $60,000 for police to use to […]

Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission hosting public hearings on treatment of Navajo citizens by border town police

www.nnhrc.navajo-nsn.gov/docs/TNCBLE-PublicHearings_updated.pdf. The Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission is hosting public hearings on the treatment of Navajo citizens by law enforcement in border towns. In 2008, the NNHRC hosted several public hearings that examined race relations between Navajo and non-Navajo citizens. The Commission found that there is a serious lack of understanding of Navajo culture by […]

Settlement reached: Police versus Public Safety director

Navajo Labor Commission reconvenes at about 10:40 am, and Attorney David Jordan, representing tribal police officers/commanders, informs Labor Commission that settlement reached, that settlement put in writing. Former and current police officers/commanders each sign settlement. ATTORNEY DAVID JORDAN for tribal police officers/commanders The following police personnel have been contacted and Wallace Billy received settlement and […]

Settlement talks continue: Police v Public Safety director

Greetings Relatives/Frens, The Nvajo Nation Labor Commission has reconvened-continuing complaint filed against Navajo Division of Public Safety Director John Billiison by former and current Navajo Nation police officers/commanders. COMMISSION CHAIRPERSON CASEY WATCHMAN Parties have been in negotiations since Monday, 9/23/13. HENRY HOWE attorney for Billision Two isues need to be resolved for global settlement and […]

Navajo Nation Police: “Gestapo tactics”

Greetings Relatives/Frens, I’m back here at the Office of Navajo Relations in Window Rock, Ariz., where the hearing involving a 100-page complaint filed by former and current Navajo Nation police officers/commanders against Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety Division Director John Billison will be reconvenng at 9 a.m. The Navajo Nation Labor Commission – Chairperson […]

Navajo police versus Public Safety Division

Hearing has re-convened on Navajo police officers versus Navajo Division of Public Safety Director John Billison. HENRY HOWE, BILLISON ATTORNEY We did come to agreement in principle but as told clients, the devil is in the detials and that’s in the written agreement. I drafted agreement this morning. I shared with Jordan and he hasn’t […]

Tribal Police versus Management

Greetings Relatives/Frens, The Navajo Nation Labor Commission continued the hearing on the complaint filed by 11 current and former Navajo Nation police officers and commanders against Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety Director John Billison until 9 a.m. tomorrow, 9-24-13. In the meantime, I will track down photo of Billison. I tried taking photo of […]

Navajo police complaint

I got an electronic copy of Navajo police complaint against Navajo Division of Public Safety Director John Billison. Here it is: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7xhIWpNuJXiOExWNDhJckRJM1U/edit?usp=sharing Navajo Labor Commission recesses hearing on complaint filed by current and former Navajo Nation police officers and commanders against Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety Director John Billisoon. The hearing is expected to […]

Navajo Police Officers versus Navajo Division of Public Safety

Greetings Relative/Frens, I had to get set up pretty fast because Navajo Nation Labor Commission was in a meeting prior to hearing labor complaint filed by 11 Navajo Nation police officers against Navajo Nation Division of Public Safety Director John Billison. And when Commission’s staff announced that the hearing was going to start, everyone rushed […]