The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) recently announced Steven Juneau has been selected as acting deputy bureau director for the Office of Justice Services (OJS) beginning this month.
Juneau is the current associate director of the office’s Professional Standards Directorate, according to the May 12 announcement. In that position, Juneau's responsibilities is "leading national training, policy, recruitment, retention, inspections, and cultural resource investigations," according to the announcement.
"Juneau has 29 years of experience in law enforcement within Indian country," the BIA states in the report, "and will provide a smooth transition as outgoing OJS Deputy Bureau Director Jason O’Neal moves to his new post as director of the Bureau of Land Management’s Office of Law Enforcement and Security."
O'Neal became the BLM's director of the Office of Law Enforcement on May 2, the Interior Newswire reports.
BIA Director Darryl LaCounte stressed the necessity of ensuring constancy in providing services to Tribes and Indian people "not just because it is our responsibility, but because it is the right thing to do," LaCounte said in the annoucement.
"Steven Juneau has the experience and commitment to ensure we remain engaged in the complex public safety challenges in Indian Country," LaCounte said, "and will endeavor to ensure our communities and people are safe.”
Juneau, a U.S. Army veteran, graduated from the Indian Police Academy, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center Leadership Institute, the FBI National Academy, and the Harvard University Kennedy School Executive Education Program, the BIA reports. He began his law enforcement career in 1987 as a tribal police officer in Montana. In 1989, Juneau joined the OJS; in 2012, he became the deputy associate director
“I am honored to serve and support our Indian Country public safety employees and the significant mission for our communities,” Juneau said in the announcement. “I appreciate the confidence of leadership in my expertise and look forward to continuing the important work of the Office of Justice Services and the Bureau overall.”
