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A Federal-State-Local Coordinated Criminal Justice Approach Since 2018 the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Oklahoma (WDOK) has prioritized its “Operation 922” initiative. Named after the federal crime at 18 U.S.C. 922, which prohibits persons with certain statuses…
A Federal-State-Local Coordinated Criminal Justice Approach In October 2020, the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama (NDAL) announced the launch of “Operation Safe Families,” inspired by “Operation 922” in Oklahoma City, OK led by the U.S. Attorney’s…
A Federal-State-Local Criminal and Civil Justice Approach For years local prosecutors in DeKalb County, GA were frustrated by the devastating rates of intimate partner gun violence in their community and were frustrated by the limited options in state law to…
The OVW-funded Firearms Technical Assistance Project (FTAP) is grounded in supporting communities to better serve survivors by working to reduce firearms related domestic violence. As the technical assistance provider for the 12 pilot sites across the country—along with our partners…
Prevalence rates of both intimate partner violence and gun violence remain pervasive. Research demonstrates a lethal association when intimate partner violence and firearms are combined.
The Office on Violence Against Women has developed a resource list of the Department of Justice’s funding, training, and partnership opportunities to enforce firearms laws intended to keep guns out of the hands of adjudicated abusers.
On November 71, the United States Supreme Court will hear a case called U.S. v. Rahimi. It’s a case that is very important to survivors of domestic violence and the people who help them. In U.S. v. Rahimi, the Supreme Court…
The Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions presents its latest study on 2020 Gun deaths in the US. The study reports “U.S. 2020 Gun-Related Deaths: Highest Number Ever Recorded by CDC, Gun Homicides Increase by More Than One-Third.”
In Pueblo, Colorado, Judge Victor Reyes of the 10th Judicial District realized that the current process of firearm removal needed an update. Despite judges’ being authorized to use the catchall provision in Colorado’s protection order statute to order surrender of firearms,…
