OJS

District V

The District V Office oversees the states of Montana and Wyoming. The District Office provides direct services to four Tribes within the Rocky Mountain Region, as well as, technical assistance to three P.L. 638 programs, one Self-Governance program. The District V Office also houses the following divisions of which Corrections and Victim Assistance fall under the supervision of the Special Agent in Charge: Drug Enforcement Division, Corrections Division, Victim Assistance Division, Tribal Justice Division, Communications Division,

District III

Topic

The District III Offices oversee BIA and Tribal law enforcement departments encompassed within Arizona, Nevada, and Utah. The law enforcement agencies and partnerships created in District III provide law enforcement, investigations, dispatch services, and corrections services for a wide range of geographic areas from the high desert of Northern Nevada to the bottom of Grand Canyon to the vast basin of Eastern Utah.

District II

Topic

District II is currently staffed with several Special Agents to conduct investigations. These investigators are divided between rural and urban service areas with considerable distances between areas of responsibility due to the checkerboard jurisdictions.

District I

District I Office is located in Aberdeen, South Dakota. The District covers tribes throughout North and South Dakota, and Nebraska.

OJS Director's Corner

“I have appointed a police, whose duty it is to report to me if they know of anything that is wrong.”

With those words, in 1869 Thomas Lightfoot, United States Indian Agent to the Iowa and the Sac and Fox tribes in Nebraska, became the first agent to report to a Federally-sponsored Indian police agency and thus, our very humble beginning. Since that time, our tactics and equipment have changed a great deal, but our commitment to serving our communities has remained strong.

Meet the BIA-OJS Command Staff

Associate Director Audrey Sessions, Assistant Director Jason Thompson, Director Darren Cruzan, Associate Director David Little and Associate Director Steve Juneau.;

Women Joining Forces

"I believe the highest calling anyone can receive is to serve."

Who We Are

OJS Assistant Director

Jason Thompson Jason Thompson, an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, became the Assistant Director of the Office of Justice Services in May of 2011.