The Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians and the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department have hammered out an agreement intended to ease tensions stemming from the recent shootings of tribal members.

“The agreement becomes official on Monday,” Mike Hiles, information officer for the tribe, said on Wednesday.

Representatives from the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the U.S. Department of Justice also are involved in the agreement, according to Hiles.

The formal signing will be held behind closed doors on Monday, but officials will make a public statement immediately afterward, he said.

The agreement follows a series of meetings called to address issues that have arisen over escalating violence on the reservation.

Two shootouts in May resulted in deputies killing two men and a woman who allegedly targeted law enforcement, prompting tribal leader Robert Salgado to compare the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department to the 7th Cavalry under Gen. George Armstrong Custer.

James Fletcher, superintendent of the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Southern California Agency, said then that Salgado’s remarks “could be a call for help.”