§36-21-123. Powers generally.  


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  • Any police officer appointed pursuant to Section 36-21-122 shall be charged with all the powers of state or municipal police officers including, but not limited to, the right to bear firearms. The police officers may do any of the following:

    (1) Eject trespassers from the buildings and grounds of the reservation.

    (2) Without a warrant, arrest a person who is engaging in disorderly conduct, trespassing upon the property of the reservation, or committing any public offense in the presence of the police officers on the reservation property, and carry the person before the proper court and, upon proper affidavit, charge the person with committing the offense and the person so arrested may be tried and convicted as in cases of persons brought before the court on the warrant of the court.

    (3) Arrest any person pursuant to a warrant who is on the premises of the reservation and is charged with any public offense and take the person before the proper office.

(Act 99-527, p. 1152, § 4.)