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FBI director pledges expanded FBI resources for Indian country, cites solved cases and new operation
Summary
The FBI director said the bureau will expand investigative resources in Indian country, citing a recent initiative and saying the FBI solved about 2,000 cases there last year and aims to double that number.
The FBI director said the bureau will increase investigative resources in Indian country to address missing children, murders and other violent crimes.
The director, speaking in remarks recorded in the transcript, said ‘‘I think everybody in The United States Of America deserves the same brand of law enforcement’’ and emphasized that the nation’s roughly 575 tribes deserve the same ‘‘brand of justice.’’ He cited the Crow Reservation as an example, saying it is geographically large yet has ‘‘5 cops,’’ to illustrate local policing limits.
Why it matters: Tribal communities report disproportionate rates of unsolved violent crime and missing-person cases, and the director presented expanded federal investigative effort as the bureau’s response. "Operation Not Forgotten," a durational program from last summer, and "Operation Steadfast Promise," which the director said will dedicate more than 400 agents and intelligence analysts across Indian country for the year, were presented as part of that effort.
The director also said the FBI ‘‘solved, I think, 2,000 cases on Indian country last year alone’’ and added, "I want that number doubled this year." Those figures and targets are reported as statements by the director in the transcript and were not independently verified in the remarks.
He invoked individual victims to underscore the bureau’s commitment, saying the FBI would work to "solve the mysteries behind the gruesome murder of the Emily Pikes of the world" and concluding, "We're not gonna forget Indian country." The remarks included no formal vote, motion, or policy change recorded in the transcript; they were presented as the director’s operational priorities and public statements of intent.
The transcript provides claims about program scale and case counts that will require independent verification for reporting beyond these remarks. No other participants, outcomes, or administrative actions are recorded in the provided excerpt.
