LA County Board

20. Tracking Illegal Guns in the County\nRecommendation as submitted by Supervisors Horvath and Barger: Instruct the\nInterim County Counsel to report back to the Board in 90 days with the\nfeasibility of entering into an memorandum of understanding with the Bureau of\nAlcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to share relevant information about\nghost gun investigations with County law enforcement agencies to help enforce\nFederal and State ghost gun laws; direct the Chief Executive Officer, through\nthe Legislative Affairs and Intergovernmental Relations Division , to advocate in\nsupport of State funding to help County courts and law enforcement implement\nfirearm relinquishment at the time of a prohibiting conviction and upon service\nof a prohibiting restraining order; instruct the Chief Probation Officer’s DISARM\nUnit to report back to the Board within 120 days with data on how many\nweapons they have seized since their inception , including challenges and ways\nto strengthen their efforts; and request the Sheriff and the District Attorney to\nreport back to the Board in 120 days with the following data covering 2017 to\n2022 if reasonably available, or if not reasonably available, the feasibility of\ntracking the number of illegal guns and parts confiscated , the penalty for use of\nillegal guns used in the commission of a crime , the number of incidents that\nhave occurred where an illegal gun was used , the number of stolen guns that\nwere subsequently used in the commission of a crime and of those, how many\nwere stolen from residences , and the feasibility of creating an Illegal Gun\nTaskforce that partners with the Probation Department’s DISARM Unit, local law\nenforcement agencies as well as State and Federal agencies , to enforce red\nflag laws and address the illegal gun and parts market. (23-0861)\nAttachments: Motion by Supervisors Horvath and Barger\nPublic Comment/Correspondence