The only tribal law enforcement agency with its own police academy, the Navajo Police Department serves a population of 190,000 people with just 180 officers. Facing mounting pressure to increase their numbers, the NPD welcomes a new class of 28 recruits for their rigorous 28-week training program.
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Title: Navajo Police: Class 57
Premiered: 2023
IMDB Link: NA
TVMaze Link: https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/71680/navajo
Episode Link: https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/2657972/navajo
Genre: NA
Type: Documentary
User Rating: NA
Country: US
Language: English
Network: HBO
Status: Running
Premiered: 2023
Airdate: 2023-10-17
Plot: Navajo Police: Class 57 Set against the sweeping backdrop of
the Navajo Nation,NAVAJO POLICE: CLASS 57 is a three-part documentary series
following a group of recruits over the course of one year, as they fight
their way through the Navajo Police Training Academy and out into the field
where they must contend with rising crime and centuries of neglect to hold
their community together. For this cadre, known as Class 57, the pressure is
fierce, and the stakes are high as the survival of their sovereign nation
depends in part on the success of this academy.The Navajo Nation is the
largest Indian reservation in the United States, with a landmass the size of
West Virginia and a population of over 190,000 people. Yet, the Navajo
Police Department (NPD) has just 180 police officers. With pressure on the
department to increase numbers, the NPD has become the only tribal law
enforcement agency in the country with its own Police Academy. All of the
recruits are Navajo and drawn from the community, but with an attrition rate
of over 50%, the training officers have their work cut out for them. NAVAJO
POLICE: CLASS 57 follows the officers and recruits through the rigorous
training, the physical challenges, and the self-doubt, delving into their
backstories to reveal an overview of life on the reservation and the
motivations that drew them to the force. While the turbulent stories of
Class 57 unfold in real time, the series provides an ever-widening portrait
of the Navajo Nation at large. The Nation's deep sense of kinship grounds
efforts to address a range of social issues police encounter on the job
alcoholism, drugs, violence, and domestic abuse issues that many of the
recruits have to deal with in their own extended families, leading to
dramatic intersections of the personal and the professional, the past and
the present. In this unique social and cultural context, the NPD stands as a
microcosm of the Navajo Nation itself, revealing its history, uncertain
future, and its resiliency
