The Utility of ERPOs in Domestic Violence Situations: The Why and the How - Canadian Academy of Health Sciences

Sample JHU PowerPoint with Instructions The Utility of ERPOs in Domestic Violence Situations: The Why and the How Canadian Academy of Health Sciences September 27, 2023 Shannon Frattaroli, PhD, MPH The Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions Main Points About me: • Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for Gun Violence Solutions • Working in the field of gun vi. [...] • Solution: Create a new civil restraining order process for law enforcement and citizens to petition the court to temporarily remove firearms from a family member or intimate partner who poses a credible risk of harm to self or others. [...] 3 Status of ERPO Laws in the United States 21 states and DC have enacted Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) style laws At least 43 states have introduced ERPO style bills since 2014 4 Bill C-21: Red Flag and Yellow Flag Provisions 5 ERPOs and Domestic Violence ERPOs are being issued in response to partner violence In one review of ERPOs filed in response to multiple victim/mass shooting threats. [...] ERPO Experience to Date Among the states ► Great variation among and within the states with regard to uptake ► Petitioners are often law enforcement; clinicians are rarely petitioners but do initiate LE contact that leads to ERPO ► Descriptive studies to date Evidence of ERPO being used in response to mass shooting threats, suicide, and interpersonal violence – including domestic violence ► Implem. [...] ERPO Experience to Date Among the states ► Great variation among and within the states with regard to uptake ► Petitioners are often law enforcement; clinicians are rarely petitioners but do initiate LE contact that leads to ERPO ► Descriptive studies to date Evidence of ERPO being used in response to mass shooting threats, suicide, and interpersonal violence – including domestic violence ► Implem.