“This is kind of a private enterprise, when you think about it,” Pribil said. “It’s a business. The idea that we’re doing this for a business is true to an extent, but we’re also backing up the Navajo PD.”

AGREEMENT FOR 18 MONTHS

Coconino County Supervisors Mandy Metzger and Lena Fowler were two of the county’s biggest proponents of the cross-certification agreement. Metzger, whose district includes the Twin Arrows parcel, said the deal will bring benefits to the county as a whole.

“We’re all on the same landscape and I think in order to be successful and be vibrant and resilient as a community, we all need to work together,” Metzger said. “We have so many jurisdictional challenges that when we have an opportunity to lessen those challenges, it’s worth the effort.”

Pribil said he does not expect the agreement to negatively affect the Sheriff’s Office’s ability to enforce the law in the rest of Coconino County, but he will ask the county government for more resources if that starts to become a problem.

The cross-certification agreement will only be in place for 18 months. If it works for all parties involved, Pribil said, there is an option to renew it.