Re:
Tribe, Benewah County in race to build jail
/Ralph Bartholdt, former St. Maries Gazette-Record reporter
The Tribe is not interested in building a jail. There is no race to build a jail. There are no short-
term or long-term plans to build a jail. The Tribe currently is the midst of a $75 million project to expand and upgrade its casino resort hotels. The Tribe is very interested in building new houses, community parks, and roads on the reservation. The Tribe is focusing its energies on infrastructure improvements to the reservation and its business holdings. The assertion that the push behind the State and Tribal Cooperative Law Enforcement Act is to somehow clear the way for a jail is false. The Act will close a loophole that allows criminals to go free if a sheriff is unwilling to cooperate with a tribe. The idea there isn’t crime happening on the reservation is inaccurate/
Marc Stewart
, Coeur d’Alene Tribe spokesman.
Question: Does Benewah County have an adequate level of police protection?