Ma-Chis Lower Creek Indian Tribe; authorization to hire a police officer

HB 361 authorizes the Ma-Chis Lower Creek Indian Tribe (a tribe recognized by Alabama) to hire its own certified police officers to protect tribal property, employees, and residents. The tribe must fund these officers using its own resources, not state or local law enforcement funds. Tribal police would have the same arrest powers as state officers on tribal land - including for trespassing and disorderly conduct - but their authority is limited to the reservation unless pursuing an offender or making a felony arrest related to tribal grounds. This bill clarifies that tribal officers cannot act as police off-reservation except under specific conditions, maintaining jurisdictional boundaries with state law enforcement.