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Final project
1. The “Checkerboard” explores the
challenges state law enforcement
officials face when patrolling over
100-square-miles of state- and
Indian-owned land, often referred to
as the checkerboard.
The story is told through the eyes of
an 8-year veteran of the State
Police and Senior Patrolman in
District 6, just west of Albuquerque.
The “Checkerboard”
by Rob Snyder
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A map hangs on the wall in District
6‟s headquarters, adjacent to
plaques with the locally supported
little league teams.
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District 6 headquarters occupies a
corner lot of an abandoned strip
mall in the town of Milan.
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“This is clean. After shift, this will
look like a completely different car.”
Senior Patrolman Rudy Graham
Senior Patrolman Rudy Graham‟s patrol
vehicle, before an eight-hour trek through
nearly 100-square miles of NM State Police
jurisdiction.
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“I was born in Gallup, just west of
here but still in District 6‟s
jurisdiction. I was arrested by my
current boss when I was just a
teenager. I told him then that I was
going to join the Army and return to
be a District 6 patrolman.”
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“Our area is a pretty big area … that
area encompasses the Navajo
Nation, the Laguna and Acoma
pueblos, and the Zuni tribe.”
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“A lot of our area is checkerboard.
So we go from state to tribal, state
to tribal [to] private. It‟s a big area
… you have to know where you‟re
at to enforce the laws.”
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“We have state officers that are
from the tribes … one officer is from
the Laguna pueblo, and we have
two officers from the Acoma pueblo.
I am from this area. I grew up with
the Navajo tribe. So I got to know
their culture very well, and that‟s the
primary area I work in, with the
Navajo tribe.”
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Most New Mexico State Patrolmen
are cross-commissioned, so they can
enforce both state and Indian law
within their jurisdiction.
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Some of the tribal law-enforcement
officers have jurisdictions that are
several states wide. So state police
like Senior Patrolman Graham help
by acting as first responders when
tribal officers may be 200 miles away
from the scene.
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“There‟s different types of land.
There‟s tax land [state land], tribal
fee land, tribal tax land and tribal
trust land.”
Senior Patrolman Graham explains the
various pieces of the checkerboard
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“You can never go in with the same
idea, „This is how it‟s going to be.‟
You have to come in with an open
mind, but you also have to be
prepared in case something bad
happens.”
Senior Patrolman Graham describes how he
handles natural bias that officers can form
when working in impoverished tribal areas.
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“It sounds funny … for the most part
law enforcement works with the worst
people there is … but if you start
meeting people, or just parking your
unit and walking around the
community and talking to people,
you‟re not just meeting the bad side
of it, but you‟re also meeting the good
side of it. So it keeps your opinion
and your bias at an even level.”
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