Feds detail work to address crisis of missing Indigenous people

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In this May 2019 photo, hundreds form a line on the edge of the Billings, Montana, Rimrocks for an event honoring missing and murdered Indigenous people. (Larry Mayer/The Billings Gazette via AP, File)

The Associated Press

Dec 11, 2020

The Trump administration released a report outlining the work of a task force

Michael Balsamo
Associated PressWASHINGTON — The Justice Department has hired 11 specialized coordinators to help develop national standards to address the crisis of missing and slain Native American women as concerns mount over the level of violence they face.

The Trump administration released a report this week outlining the work of a task force created under an executive order. The group, which has met with tribal leaders, helped set the groundwork for the standards that will apply to new and unsolved cases of missing or murdered people in Native American communities.

The work is expected to continue for about another year.

The common standards include improving the way law enforcement officials and prosecutors “respond to the high volume of such cases, and to the investigative challenges that might be presented in cases involving female victims,” according to the report.

The task force also has focused on examining data shared among law enforcement agencies and worked with tribal leaders and tribal law enforcement officials to better use federal databases.

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