Oklahoma seeks coordination on Indigenous peoples cold cases
KEN MILLER, Associated Press
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Tuesday signed into law a bill intended to coordinate state and federal law enforcement efforts when investigating missing or murdered Indigenous people.
The law requires the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation to coordinate with the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the U.S. Department of Justice to obtain federal funding and coordinate their efforts to gather information and data about missing and murdered indigenous people in Oklahoma.
The OSBI would create an Office of Liaison to develop protocols for law enforcement response to reports of missing or slain Native Americans and to assist victims families in understanding the legal processes.
Oklahoma seeks co-ordination on Indigenous peoples cold cases
by Ken Miller, The Associated Press
Posted Apr 20, 2021 4:33 pm EDT
Last Updated Apr 20, 2021 at 4:44 pm EDT
OKLAHOMA CITY Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Tuesday signed into law a bill intended to co-ordinate state and federal law enforcement efforts when investigating missing or murdered Indigenous people.
The law requires the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation to co-ordinate with the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the U.S. Department of Justice to obtain federal funding and co-ordinate their efforts to gather information and data about missing and murdered indigenous people in Oklahoma.
The OSBI would create an Office of Liaison to develop protocols for law enforcement response to reports of missing or slain Native Americans and to assist victims’ families in understanding the legal processes.
Oklahoma seeks co-ordination on Indigenous peoples cold cases
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OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Tuesday signed into law a bill intended to co-ordinate state and federal law enforcement efforts when investigating missing or murdered Indigenous people.
The law requires the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation to co-ordinate with the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the U.S. Department of Justice to obtain federal funding and co-ordinate their efforts to gather information and data about missing and murdered indigenous people in Oklahoma.
The OSBI would create an Office of Liaison to develop protocols for law enforcement response to reports of missing or slain Native Americans and to assist victims’ families in understanding the legal processes.
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Indigenous women march to raise awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous Women at the 2019 Women s March in San Francisco, Calif.
A bill that would allocate resources, collect better data and be a resource for Indigenous families when their loved ones go missing is headed to Gov. Kevin Stitt s desk for a signature.
Senate Bill 172 is also known as Ida s Law, named after 29-year-old Cheyenne-Arapaho woman Ida Beard, who went missing in 2015.
Too often, when an Indigenous person ends up missing or is found murdered, family members have a hard time getting answers from the maze of law enforcement agencies because of jurisdictional complexity. This law aims to solve that by creating the Office of Liaison for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons.
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