Cow Creek Tribe Swears in New Police Chief in Roseburg Ceremony

Cow Creek tribe swears in new police chief in Roseburg ceremony

The Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians appointed Todd Spingath as Chief of Police for the Cow Creek Tribal Police Department.

Tribe opens police station

"It was literally a desk." That's how Roger Smith Sr., retired Fond du Lac Band chief of police, described the Band's first police department and his first days on the job in 1998. It has seen a massive change since that first day. Last week, the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa celebrated the completion of its expanded police department and new emergency management...