{"id":20413,"date":"2023-10-20T12:50:26","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T19:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/?p=20413"},"modified":"2023-10-20T12:50:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T19:50:26","slug":"gun-violence-prevention-in-san-mateo-county-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/gun-violence-prevention-in-san-mateo-county-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Gun prevention program in San Mateo County bears fruit one year after its launch"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On the one-year anniversary of the San Mateo County Gun Violence Prevention Program, county officials, courts, and law enforcement reported that between Oct. 1, 2022, and Sept. 30, 2023, the Superior Court granted 403 civil restraining orders, 65 of which included requirements to relinquish firearms.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A year ago, the the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors<\/a> launched the Gun Violence Prevention Program, a targeted effort to remove firearms from the hands of people with domestic violence, gun violence, and other civil restraining orders against them.<\/span><\/p>\n

On the program\u2019s first anniversary, county officials, courts, and law enforcement reported that between Oct. 1, 2022, and Sept. 30, 2023, the Superior Court granted 403 civil restraining orders, 65 of which included requirements to relinquish firearms.<\/span><\/p>\n

Of these, the Court processed 48 \u201cproof of compliance forms,\u201d meaning the firearms were voluntarily surrendered and documented.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Detectives also followed up on the remaining 17 warrants to get those people to comply or, if they had moved out of the county, to notify the new jurisdictions. They also verified the information on the 48 \u201cproof of compliance forms.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

As a result, 168 firearms (67 rifles or shotguns and 101 pistols) were turned over to law enforcement or to federally licensed firearms dealers pursuant to court orders.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe set the bar high from the beginning,\u201d said San Mateo Superior Court Judge Susan Greenberg. \u201cOur high compliance rate is a significant achievement for the Gun Violence Prevention Program. It provides security to protected parties in civil restraining order cases and to the public.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The program addresses a gap in California\u2019s efforts to reduce gun violence: While many laws are in place, little funding is often allocated to their enforcement. The Board of Supervisors stepped in with a pledge to donate $2 million over two years to launch the local effort.<\/span><\/p>\n

The initiative focuses on voluntary compliance: informing people that a court order requires them to give up firearms or face criminal charges.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Early efforts included revising forms so that people subject to court orders could better understand the law and streamlining the way authorities are notified of court orders, said Bill Massey, chief inspector for the District Attorney's Office.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have established a system that has become a model for counties across the state,\u201d Massey said. \u201cWe are delivering on our stated priorities of reducing the time it takes law enforcement to learn of an order and increasing voluntary compliance.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Detectives assigned to the program also receive alerts within 24 hours whenever a court order requiring the surrender of firearms is issued and begin working to encourage compliance.<\/span><\/p>\n

Board of Supervisors Chairman Dave Pine, who led efforts to launch the program, said the deaths of five women this year \u2014 all a result of domestic violence \u2014 point to an urgent need to strengthen enforcement of existing laws and provide domestic violence survivors with the help they need to obtain restraining orders.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cCalifornia leads the nation in the number of gun laws in place,\u201d Pine said. \u201cWhat we\u2019re doing here at the local level is strengthening those laws and I\u2019m thrilled with the results so far. We\u2019re literally taking guns away from people who have been ordered to turn them in.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

According to information from San Mateo County, detectives from the Gun Violence Prevention Program of the San Mateo and South San Francisco police departments, who were reassigned to the District Attorney's Office, are systematically reviewing a state database that lists individuals known to be prohibited from possessing firearms.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is worth noting that the county has contracted with the UC Davis Violence Prevention Program to evaluate its effectiveness.<\/span><\/p>\n

You may be interested in:<\/strong> San Joaquin and Alameda counties have the highest rates of violent gun crime<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hace un a\u00f1o, el condado de San Mateo lanz\u00f3 el Programa de Prevenci\u00f3n de la Violencia Armada, un esfuerzo espec\u00edfico para quitar las armas de fuego de las manos de personas con violencia dom\u00e9stica, violencia armada y otras \u00f3rdenes de restricci\u00f3n civiles en su contra. En el primer aniversario del programa, funcionarios del condado, tribunales […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":17348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-20413","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-community","8":"category-cover"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20413"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20414,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20413\/revisions\/20414"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}