1. ENHANCING EXISTING PARTNERSHIPS TO HOLD DANGEROUS ABUSERS ACCOUNTABLE
The Mechanics of Implementing Firearms Surrender
Jordan Ferguson, spokane police department
BWJP 2019

2. Sandcastle

3. Like licorice and root beer, a bad metaphor is really hard to forget
Back to castles
The typical law enforcement response to DV is like building a sand castle.

4. Without collaboration
It’s as if we were never there

5. With collaboration we can make a life-long, even generational effect

6. Extremes and commonalities
Federal
State and Local
Federal law prohibits possession of firearms by Domestic Violence offenders because they are a specific group of individuals demonstrated to be untrustworthy with firearms
Varies
Resources:

7. Anyone Had that older sibling that everybody thinks is perfect?
Our Story
Anyone Had that older sibling that everybody thinks is perfect?
We do:
Spokane vs. Seattle

8. New Seattle-King County task force makes gun laws work
From the headlines (Seattle Times, March 2018)
New Seattle-King County task force makes gun laws work

9. Spokane Same state laws
Same flawed system that trusts the offenders to comply
Collaboration in a family justice center
Working closely with community based advocates (based on trust)
Utilizing the lAP (lethality Assessment Program) question #4
Utilizing the focused deterrence model

10. spokane Officers are identifying DV offenders for focused deterrence
Screening reports and LAP for mention of guns
Generate an Alert to the prosecutors before first appearance
Prosecutors using the firearms and lack of compliance to identify a higher risk
Judges using risk to the victim/community to set higher bonds
Tripled the number of guns surrendered the first year

11. highlights Trauma informed interviews aren’t just for the victims
Defendants have surrendered firearms with out being ordered
Prosecutors are not accepting pleas without firearm surrender
Creative discussions “off the record”
More inter-agency discussion and cooperation

12. Highlights Without a “task force”, Or a large budget
Collaboration has increased the number of firearms surrendered.