AL SB249

Authorizes the Ma-Chis Lower Creek Indian Tribe to employ certified police officers to protect tribal reservation property, employees, and residents from intruders and trespassers.

Requires tribal police officers to meet all Alabama Peace Officers' Standards and Training Commission requirements for certified law enforcement officers and prohibits use of state or local law enforcement funds to pay them.

Grants tribal police officers authority to eject trespassers, arrest individuals for disorderly conduct or trespassing without a warrant, and arrest with warrants for any offense committed on the reservation.

Limits tribal police powers to the reservation boundary, except when lawfully pursuing offenders suspected of committing crimes on the reservation or making arrests for felonies committed in the officer's presence or with probable cause on the reservation.

Takes effect October 1, 2024.