Yurok Tribe-Sponsored Bill to Aid in Combatting Violence Against Indigenous People
Press release from the Yurok Tribe:
[On December 5], California Assemblymember James C. Ramos introduced legislation to grant tribal police officers access to the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS). The measure also allows tribal police officers to maintain peace officer status in California and gives them access to state law enforcement resources and databases.
The Yurok Tribe sponsored the bill. If passed, the legislation will increase the Tribe’s capacity to confront the MMIP crisis. It will benefit many other California tribes in multiple ways too. Here is a link to the bill, which provides additional context.
Here is a summary of the bill and a quote from Yurok Chairman Joseph L. James.
- AB 44: Grants tribal police officers access to the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System referred to as CLETS. Measure also allows tribal police officers to maintain peace officer status in California and gives them access to state law enforcement resources and databases. This law would aid in combatting the issue of violence against Native Americans, particularly women and girls. Yurok Tribe Chairman Joe James, stated, “Indigenous Persons, especially Indigenous Women and Girls, are disproportionately affected by violence, human trafficking, and murder, and become ‘missing’ at much higher rates than people of other racial groups. The Yurok Tribe declared an emergency almost a year ago in response to the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Persons (MMIWP) and is well-aware of the desperate need for this legislation.” Sponsor: Yurok Tribe
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I hope this helps to protect indigenous women who are treated like nothings,
By whom? See Mendocino Mamma’s comment below.
Please acknowledge interal abuse. Family abuse. Hidden. It is not always off res perpetrators. Please help to clean up the internal woes experienced in the home. If you treat family like garbage it is not okay, dont dismiss it away. We gotta clean up our own backyards to be able to get a better future. One household at a time. Not building a culture of hate and hopelessness. Teach our children to stand up as an individual and in society rather than be victims. The things people say and do to family in the name of anger and hate is not okay. 💔
Well said, and spot on as usual.
I sure hope this measure will pass so the tribal police will have access to all the important state law enforcement resources and databases. This will aid them in combating the violence against all Native Americans.
I hope they aren’t hiding from the tribe and the tribal cops aren’t part of the problem.
Men who embrace psychopothy as their MOA are the problem. And it always has been the problem. Society eventually will have to cull them out of the herd.
Eh ? Psychopaths, sociopaths… it seems like society likes to elect them to high positions.
First I will say that I hope this will help tribal police do their jobs more efficiently.
What I don’t understand is without access to these tools, are they not able to work directly with other state and local agencies to get this information? Maybe I’m missing something here.
I guess to me, access should only be available for tribal police who are POST certified. A huge percentage of “tribal police” have less training than a beginning security guard and these need to step up their game before making such demands. Law enforcement clearance should not be jeopardized by those who don’t meet basic requirements. If they are willing to require POST certification for all officers I am all for it.