After obtaining a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice for new police fleet vehicles, Citizen Potawatomi Nation’s Tribal Police Department purchased heavy-duty trucks to replace its Ford Crown Victorias. CPNPD recently donated six Crown Vics replaced by these new vehicles to the City of Maud, Oklahoma Baptist University, the City of Asher, Pottawatomie County Read More »
The Board of Directors of the International Economic Development Council has elected Jim Collard, Ph.D., to its board of directors. “This is a great honor for me,” said Collard. “With my background in economic development and planning, I have been an advocate of the IEDC’s work for many years. To be appointed to the organization’s Read More »
Pottawatomie County residents, in the late hours of October 13 a major change in the area’s 911 dispatching services went through without a single problem arising. County 911 call services were transferred from the old dispatch center in Tecumseh to the newly upgraded 911 dispatch center located inside the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Tribal PoliceDepartment. “We Read More »
The below article originally ran in the August 25, 2015 edition of the Shawnee News-Star. It has been reproduced here with their express written permission. It was an emotional weekend for two mothers — the mom of an in- fant found not breathing and the dispatcher who had a calming voice on the other end Read More »
Citizen Potawatomi Nation’s Tribal Police Department received a unique honor when City of Tecumseh Police Chief Gary Crosby presented CPN Police Chief Jim Collard with a plaque thanking the tribal police for their cooperation and support with law enforcement. Tecumseh’s Assistant Chief of Police J.R Kidney also attended the gathering at the CPN North Reunion Read More »