Building a Community Coordinated Response to the Criminalization of Survivors: A Toolkit
(Fall 2025) This Toolkit provides ideas, strategies, and techniques for addressing the need and challenges related to making survivors charged…
Enforcement of Tribal Protection Orders by State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies
This bulletin is designed to ensure that state and local law enforcement officials across the country have the necessary information to enforce and prosecute violations of tribal protection orders. Enforcement of protection orders across jurisdictional lines is a critical component of protecting victims of violence. Victims depend on law enforcement to honor and enforce their protection orders as they travel across states, tribal lands, and U.S. territories. Failing to enforce a protection order because it was issued in another state, tribe, or U.S. territory can leave victims vulnerable and may expose officers and their departments to legal liability.
Enforcement of Tribal Protection Orders by State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies