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Goal Set to Close Public Safety Gap on American Indian Reservations Within a Decade

This week, Law and Order Commission issued its findings on the lack of public safety on American Indian reservations, according to the Associated Press. Governmental statistics show the violent crime rates can be 20 times the national average, the AP also reported. The commission set the goal of improving those crime rates within a decade, including giving tribes more control over policing crime on reservations.