The rural alaska community action program, INC., (rural cap), in partnership with chickaloon village traditional council, will utilize department of justice, cops program, technical assistance…

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) provides $300,000 in funding to the Rural Alaska Community Action Program, Inc. (Rural Cap) and its partner Chickaloon Village Traditional Council. The project aims to meet the emergent capacity building and training and technical assistance (TTA) needs of Alaska tribes in establishing and expanding tribal policing efforts. Over the two-year performance period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026, the project will develop a "State of Tribal Law Enforcement in Alaska" report, create a related training curriculum, and provide TTA to interested tribes across the state. The effort leverages Rural Cap's statewide networks and expertise in community development alongside Chickaloon Village Traditional Council's direct experience in tribal policing.

The rural alaska community action program, INC., (rural cap), in partnership with chickaloon village traditional council, will utilize department of justice, cops program, technical assistance (TRGP-TA) alaska tribal law enforcement technical assistance project funding to deliver a project that will meet the emergent capacity building and training & technical assistance (TTA) needs of alaska tribes in establishing and expanding tribal policing efforts. Combining rural cap statewide networks, relationships, and successful TTA models with chickaloon village traditional counci's direct experience in tribal policework, this project will identify, expand upon, and deliver a body of promising practices for alaska tribes law enforcement efforts. Rural cap staff will convene with partners, tribal law enforcement agencies, and other alaska law enforcement agencies to lead the development of a ; state of tribal law enforcement in alaska report and, from its findings, develop a training and technical assistance strategy. In coordination with chickaloon village traditional council, this strategy will be implemented into the development and delivery of an in-person training curriculum. Under this program, rural cap will further refer to and lean up partnerships with alaska native justice center, alaska native women's resource center, the alaska intertribal technical assistance working group and other alaska-based and national partners to help develop a strategy plan for the provision of technical assistance tools and materials. This project will operate on a statewide footprint, collaborating with interested tribes from across the state of alaska, with training delivery occurring in chickaloon, alaska.