Rocky Boy starts 24/7 Sobriety Program

Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation has implemented the 24/7 Sobriety Program into its court system, making it the first reservation in the state to implement this program.

Chris Wolf Chief, juvenile probation officer with the Chippewa Cree Tribal Courts who helped set the program, said he has been working on this system for months with Montana Highway Patrol Sgt. Lacie L. Wickum, 24/7 Sobriety Coordinator for the state of Montana.

It has taken a lot of work to get it to run smoothly since the first discussions in 2016, they both said during an interview Friday.

The 24/7 program is a stat...