Sheriff's Office and Tribe work together

Last week the Churchill County Sheriff announced that his department will be assisting the Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe with law enforcement services. The Tribal leadership also announced to members that because their law enforcement department is extremely short-staffed, and for their concerns for the safety of tribal members, they had formally request law enforcement assistance from the local sheriff’s department.

Sheriff Richard Hickox reported that his office had received the request and is pleased to help a sister agency. “We were asked by the local tribe to cross-deputization just for offering them emergency protection. We did respond to several calls out there, which worked out fine,” said Hickox. "That is just an extension of our current MOU (Memorandum of Understanding).”