Senators call for accountability for federal law enforcement in Indian Country after CBS News' "Missing Justice" investigation

Understaffing, investigative mistakes, challenges with recruitment: As the CBS investigative podcast "Missing Justice" details, the gaps evident in the investigation into Christy Woodenthigh's death affect law enforcement across Indian Country. Montana Sen. Jon Tester is calling for investigations into how federal law enforcement – specifically the Interior Department's Bureau of Indian Affairs – conducts itself in Indian Country. 

In the final episode of the podcast, Tester called for the BIA to conduct a broad "internal" investigation into its law enforcement division and said Congress needs to hold a hearing on BIA's staffing, manpower and competency. 

"I think that if you've got law enforcement personnel that are not doing their job, especially when it comes to a homicide or any major crime, then there is a question of competence and training," the Democrat said in response to trial testimony from BIA agents who admitted to not following certain investigative protocols when they responded to the March 2020 death of Christy Woodenthigh on the Northern Cheyenne reservation. "Those questions need to be answered."