During February, the Public Works Department started installing new LED flashers on stop signs at select four-way-stop intersections in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. The goal is to prevent drivers from running stop signs.  “There are various tools and strategies that we are trying to do to help prevent the problem we have of […]

On January 26, the Salt River Police Department celebrated the fifth birthday of a good boy named Bolo, a Belgian Malinois K-9 trained to serve the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. Bolo’s mates are Moses (an almost 5-year-old Dutch shepherd), Plex (a 5-year-old Belgian Malinois), Lacs (a 4-year-old Belgian Malinois) and Barklee (a 3-year-old yellow […]

In our household we have a new teenage driver. When she leaves the house, a flood of uncertainties goes through my head: Did we teach her enough about driving? Is she paying attention to everything around her? She better not be texting! I’m sure these thoughts go through the minds of a lot of parents […]

With a high priority for the safety of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, the Salt River Police Department held a seatbelt safety check on January 12 at the Early Childhood Education Center (ECEC) in a joint operation with the SRPMIC Injury Prevention Program. The seatbelt safety check assists families with the safe installation and […]

The online world is a whole different beast. Within the last 10 years, it has been proven that one can really do and buy almost anything online. When COVID-19 hit, the internet proved to be our most powerful asset for purchasing our necessities. However, when it comes to things we want, like the newest tech, […]

At the end of 2020, the Salt River Police Department had something very big to celebrate: a new mobile command center. The new dark-gray SRPD Command Center was purchased through a grant and built on a Freightliner M2 truck, which has a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of up to 66,000 pounds. Built by LDV […]

From November 5 to 23, the Salt River Public Safety Communications Division (PSCD) collected about 560 cans of food for the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Food Pantry. This was the first canned food drive effort by PSCD staff. “The canned food drive was an internal effort for PSCD staff hosted through our internal Cheer […]

Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Senior Environmental Specialist Jeremy Phillips, and the Community Development Department’s Environmental Protection and Natural Resources (CDD/EPNR) Division as a team, received the 2020 Conner Byestewa Jr. Environmentalist Award to recognize the efforts of individuals that have made and strengthened tribal self-government and improved human health and environmental conditions with Indian […]