Rocky Boy fires police chief

Allen Primeau, chief of police on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation who has been on suspension since May, was fired Friday.

Primeau said that he was told by the Chippewa Cree Business Committee Law and Order Committee, which has authority over Rocky Boy’s Police Department, that they had evidence against him but would not give him a reason for his termination.

Chippewa Cree Tribal Judge Melody Whitford said she received a call from Primeau telling her of his termination.

Dustin Whitford, who chairs the Law and Order Committee, later confirmed that a majority on the committee voted t...