Statutes | Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Crim. Code Chapter 4 Part X ยง 4.88 | 2019
A. No special consideration shall be made for any person because of their official capacity as a law enforcement officer or other public official. All procedures and duties set out in this code shall be strictly adhered to, regardless of any administrative, interagency, or departmental investigation and sanctions.
B. Upon receiving notification that a law enforcement officer is a possible perpetrator:
1. The dispatcher shall immediately notify the Chief of Police and the Tribal Prosecutor. The Chief or an appropriate designee shall respond and investigate the alleged incident.
2. No officer of equal or lesser rank shall act as primary investigator for an incident involving another officer. If there is no officer of greater rank available to investigate the incident, the Tribal Prosecutor shall engage an individual law enforcement official from another jurisdiction to investigate the incident. The Tribal Prosecutor shall not be involved in the investigation.
3. Any officer alleged to have committed an offense shall immediately surrender all weapons to the investigating officer. No weapons shall be returned to the officer under investigation without the written consent of the Chief of Police and the Tribal Prosecutor.
4. Investigation and prosecution will proceed regardless of administrative, interagency, or departmental investigation and sanctions.