Mealey's (January 26, 2017, 1:28 PM EST) -- OKLAHOMA CITY — The United States waived its sovereign immunity under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) for a woman’s negligence claim against a tribal police officer over a car crash based on law enforcement funding agreements between the tribe and the federal government and because the officer was acting in the scope of his employment at the time of the crash, an Oklahoma federal judge held Jan. 24 (Lois M. Richie v. The United States of America, ex rel., United States Department of the Interior, No. 15-1154, W.D. Okla.; 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9321)....