Muscogee Nation: End of Hughes County cross-deputization risks public safety

In responding to a letter from Hughes County Sheriff Marcia Maxwell stating that she was ending the county and the tribe’s crossdeputization agreement, Muscogee Nation Interim Attorney General Kyle Haskins wrote his own letter Feb. 15 extending an invitation to rebuild the relationship. “Ending our cross-deputization agreement threatens the safety of victims, law-enforcement offic...