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Spokane, WA

  Sally Winn, Director of Legal Services for YWCA Spokane, describes the efforts in Spokane to develop standardized compliance processes that ensure people prohibited from having firearms by domestic violence protection order are turning in firearms in a safe and…

Austin, TX

  Judge Dimple Malholtra, of Travis County, TX, describes efforts to standardize court orders for firearm transfer in domestic violence cases. This is part of Austin, TX’s work as a Firearm Technical Assistance Project site to reduce domestic violence homicides.…

Muscogee Creek Nation

  Hunter Dodson of Muscogee Creek Nation describes the Nation’s work as a Firearms Technical Assistance Project site to build and implement consistent and effective processes to remove the risk of firearms in high-risk domestic violence cases.   ​This work…

Columbus, OH

  Bridget DeCrane, of the City Attorney’s Office in Columbus, Ohio, describes the work of a multidisciplinary team in Columbus to develop an advocacy and law enforcement co-response in an effort to reduce domestic violence homicides. The work was supported…

State of Wisconsin

In 2009, a subcommittee of the Governor’s Council on Domestic Violence completed a model firearm surrender protocol to improve compliance with firearm surrender laws. In 2010, the protocol was piloted in four counties. Between 2012 and 2014 several other counties…