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Riverton’s first Northern Arapaho police officer is suing the Riverton Police Department for racial discrimination, retaliation and a hostile work environment. Billy Whiteplume started working as a patrol officer in 2016 and moved to the detective division in 2021.

Last summer, Riverton Police Chief Eric Hurtado proposed adding community service officers (CSOs) to the department to help with a high volume of calls and understaffing issues. CSOs don’t make arrests or carry a gun, but they can help with low-risk incidents like parking tickets or minor car accidents. Ideally, that frees up other officers to respond to more serious crimes.The police chief’s proposal turned into a reality at a City Council meeting in Riverton last week.

This week a candlelight vigil honors the memory of a Northern Arapaho man whose death has brought scrutiny to how police in Riverton handle cases involving the Indigenous community.

The Riverton Peace Mission wants the city to address possible racism within policy, but the city council said that is not what city government is for.

The group of around half a dozen people will be trained on methods of community watch, and how to create zones individual leaders will be accountable for.

Riverton, Casper, and Lander have all seen a wave of prepaid debit card scams in the last few days.Green Dot Visa cards are debit cards that can be loaded…