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Promising Approaches for Implementing Extreme Risk Laws: A Guide for Practitioners and Policymakers
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May 2023
 

"This guide would not be possible without the contributions of the many people who shared their time and expertise with the project team. In particular, we would like to acknowledge Chris Carita"

IACP - Extreme Risk Protection Orders - Improving Implementation and Saving Lives.
 

When implemented properly, an ERPO strategy can help law enforcement agencies address firearm suicides, remove firearms from habitually violent individuals, and intervene with potential mass shooters.

Stateline - Red Flag Laws are Saving Lives. They could save more.
 

"This is about having a tool that gives someone assurance that the ultimate goal is not to hurt them or lock them up. It's to save their life or prevent them from doing something they can't undo."

Washington Post - How Florida's Red Flag Laws Help Prevent Mass Shooting

Detective Christopher Carita oversees extreme-risk protection order training for the Fort Lauderdale Police Threat Response Unit. "I've seen how they can prevent a mass shooting. The orders work."

The New York Times - A Florida School Received a Threat. Did a Red Flag Law Prevent a Shooting?
 

In Fort Lauderdale, the memory of Parkland is strong. Detective Chris Carita, who has a master's degree in Public Health from Johns Hopkins, trains fellow officers in how to use the state's red flag law. 

Radio Interview -
The Show on KMOX
St. Louis, MO


 

As students return to school after a shooting, Christopher Carita is interviewed about Training Officers on Working with Red Flag Laws.

Mother Jones - Illinois Has a Strong Red Flag Law. The Highland Park Shooter Showed Warning Signs. What Happened?

These gun control measures have the potential to save lives-but only if law enforcement know how to use them.

ERPO - New Recommendations for Policy and Implementation

March 2021

The Consortium for Risk-Based Firearm Policy comprises experts committed to advancing evidence-based gun violence prevention policies. The group includes the nation’s leading researchers and academics with expertise at the intersections of gun violence prevention and public health, law, behavioral health, medicine, criminology, and related fields.

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