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SMART remembers, mourns the loss of tribal SORNA officers to COVID


In June and September, tribal communities lost two SORNA officers who had been key to implementing the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) on tribal lands.  In June, Navajo Nation Police Officer Michael Lee was the first Navajo officer to die from COVID-19.  In September, White Mountain Apache Tribal Police SORNA Compliance Specialist Elmer Lamson also died of COVID-19.  As SORNA officers, Lee and...