. << "we kinda look down on people when they're like that," jim hallum, a santee sioux nation member. "you know people look down on them. people don't realize that it is a disease. it shouldn't even be thought of as a crime." jim hallum is talking about alcoholism, a growing issue that brought together law enforcement and the native american community, on monday. woodbury county sheriff dave drew, sioux city police chief doug young and four seasons community center director frank lamere led a dialogue to see what steps can be taken. "this past summer, the public intoxication that was going on here in this community was very visible i woulsay," said sioux city police chief doug young. "do we have a lot more than we had in the past? probably not. but it was a lot more visible than we've ever seen it this year to date, native americans make up nearly half of the public intoxication arrests in sioux city. whites came in second with almost a third of the arrests. there has been an increase in arrests among native americans in sioux city over the last few years. in 2013, they made up 46 per

. << "we kinda look down on people when they're like that," jim hallum, a santee sioux nation member. "you know people look down on them. people don't realize that it is a disease. it shouldn't even be thought of as a crime." jim hallll is talking about alcoholism, a growing issue that brought together law enforcement and the native american community, on monday. woodbury county sheriff dave drew, sioux city police chief doug young and four seasons community center director frank lamere led a dialogue to see what steps can be taken. "this past summer, the public intoxication that was going on here in this community was very visible i would say," said sioux city police chief doug young. "do we have aalot more than we had d n the past? obably not. but ii was a lot mooe visile than we've ever seen it before." this year to date, native americans make up nearly half of the public intoxication arrests i isioux city. whitesesame in second with almost a third of the arrests. there has been an increase in arrests among native americans in sioux city over the last few years. in 2013, they made