Wisconsin DOJ to receive $4.1 million for gun violence prevention research

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – The Wisconsin Division of Justice is receiving over $4 million by a federal grant to deal with gun violence prevention packages.

The Justice Division introduced Tuesday that it’s sending out greater than $200 million to assist states and the District of Columbia administer “red-flag legal guidelines” and different crisis-intervention packages as a part of the landmark bipartisan gun laws handed by Congress over the summer season.

Wisconsin doesn’t have red-flag legal guidelines, also called excessive danger safety orders, that are meant to briefly take away weapons from individuals with probably violent conduct and stop them from hurting themselves or others.

The $4.1 million Wisconsin DOJ is receiving will go towards analysis round gun violence in Wisconsin. It’ll additionally towards behavioral well being measures, court-based packages, trainings or outreach packages.

The Justice Division mentioned with the brand new grant, the Wisconsin DOJ will rent workers to deal with this initiative and new members might be appointed to an current group to fulfill the membership necessities of the Disaster Intervention Advisory Board and analysis gun violence prevention. In response to the division, the board will meet a number of occasions beginning in 2023 to obtain shows on gun violence.

Nineteen states and the District of Columbia have red-flag legal guidelines.

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