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Justice officials and advocates describe state training, data and survivor‑service efforts and gaps
Summary
California Department of Justice officials, county sheriffs and advocacy groups described new training, a pilot for expanded tribal officer status, a state MMIP cohort grant and local victim‑service work, while urging more funding for crime labs, DNA testing and sustained survivor services.
State officials and county law enforcement described incremental work and lingering gaps in California’s response to missing and murdered Indigenous people, emphasizing training, data systems and survivor services.
Isaac Pohorkis, acting director of the Office of Native American Affairs at the California Department of Justice, summarized agency steps: regional Missing in California Indian Country (MICIC) planning, a "Native American Marcy’s Law card" project, and work with the attorney general’s PL 280 advisory…
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