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(e) Reviewing prosecutorial trends and practices relating to 1 crimes of violence against American Indian and Alaska Native people 2 in Washington state, identifying disparities, and recommending 3 changes to address such disparities; 4 (f) Identifying barriers to providing more state resources in 5 tracking and addressing violence against American Indian and Alaska 6 Native people and reducing the incidences of violence; 7 (g) Assessing and identifying state resources to support programs 8 and services for survivors, impacted family members, and tribal and 9 urban Indian service providers working with American Indian and 10 Alaska Native people who have experienced violence and identifying 11 needs of survivors, impacted family members, and tribal and urban 12 Indian service providers that are not currently being met; 13 (h) Identifying and making recommendations for increasing state 14 resources for trainings on culturally attuned best practices for 15 working with American Indian and Alaska Native communities for 16 tribal, local, and state law enforcement personnel in Washington 17 state; and 18 (i) Supporting efforts led by American Indian and Alaska Native 19 people to address this crisis, with the recognition that those 20 personally impacted are already doing critical work to address the 21 impacts of the missing and murdered indigenous women and people 22 crisis in communities and that community-led work must be centered in 23 order to identify and fully address the scope of the issue. 24 (4) The task force, with the assistance of the Washington state 25 office of the attorney general, must consult with federally 26 recognized tribes in Washington state and in states bordering 27 Washington state, and engage with urban Indian organizations to 28 submit reports to the governor and the appropriate committees of the 29 legislature by December 1, 2023, and June 1, 2025. 30 (5)(a) The office of the attorney general administers and 31 provides staff support to the task force, organizes the summit 32 required under subsection (2)(b) of this section, and oversees the 33 development of the task force reports required under subsection (4) 34 of this section. The task force and the office of the attorney 35 general shall conduct four site visits in different locations across 36 the state in collaboration with tribes and native-led organizations. 37 The office of the attorney general may contract for the summit. 38 (b) The office of the attorney general may, when deemed necessary 39 by the task force, retain consultants to provide data analysis, 40 p. 658 ESSB 5187.SL