Off reservation and in regard to non-tribal members, the tribal cops are NOT LE. They are citizens. Like any concerned citizen, they should have called legitimate LE. What the tribal cops did was the same as if Abu and Stlhead here had approached the hunting party with weapons drawn and cuffed and detained them.

A significant legality seems to be being overlooked by some in this thread. In the described situation, the tribal cops are just citizens, not cops, not LE. Therefore they screwed up royally.

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