Cherokee Nation Marshal presents five year strategic plan

Acting Cherokee Nation Marshal Daniel Mead has presented the tribe's first Five Year Strategic Plan for its Marshal Service.

The plan is part of reforms to the tribe's Marshal Act that were approved last year.

The five-year plan includes:

1. A central station in Tahlequah and sub-stations for patrol officers throughout the Reservation.
2. Financial growth and sustainability.
3. Asset management and efficiency goals
4. Expanding the department to include 48 Deputy Marshals.
5. Boosting EMS recruitment and training.

The Office of the Marshal includes the Marshal Service, the Department of Public Safety, and Justice Services.

"This five-year plan, the first under our new law, was the product of great teamwork within the Office of the Marshal and will serve us well," said Marshal Mead. "Certainly, any good plan can be changed as conditions change, and that could be true of this plan as we review it annually under the law. But, I believe this is a durable plan that shows the type of forward thinking, transparency and commitment to serving at the community level that the Chief, the Council and ultimately the Cherokee people expect of my office."

The plan was formally approved by Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr and sent to the Council on July 2nd.