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FBI, state and tribal partners press for training and data-sharing on jurisdiction, MMIP and forensic-genetic genealogy
Summary
FBI, Wyoming Highway Patrol and state MMIP staff told the Select Committee that jurisdictional complexity, drug trafficking and reporting gaps complicate investigations; partners described task forces, a new state Ashanti alert process and a forensic genetic genealogy pilot for cold cases.
Leonard Corollo, assistant special agent in charge with the FBI's Denver Field Office, told the Select Committee on Tribal Relations that the FBI prioritizes violent felonies on reservations and has increased cooperation with federal and state partners.
"We prioritize and primarily investigate violent felonies," Corollo said, describing partnerships the FBI formed in the last several years with BIA, state police and county agencies to pursue narcotics trafficking and violent crime.
Corollo and several state witnesses described three persistent challenges: overlapping jurisdiction among tribal, federal and state agencies; a rise in drug trafficking and fentanyl on and around the reservation; and underreporting or delayed reporting of missing persons.
Task forces and alerts
Corollo described the Safe Trails Task Force, a multiagency narcotics task force that includes the FBI, Wyoming Division of Criminal…
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