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Advocates ask Lane County to promote Oregon’s Extreme Risk Protection Orders as suicide‑prevention tool
Summary
Speakers from the Alliance for a Safe Oregon and public health partners urged the Lane County board to adopt a resolution or statement promoting awareness and training for Oregon’s Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPO/IRPO) and to direct county public‑health materials to include IRPO information in multiple languages.
Speakers at the Oct. 20 Lane County commissioners meeting urged the board to boost public awareness and training around Oregon’s Extreme Risk Protection Order (known in testimony as IRPO or ERPO) as a suicide‑prevention and public‑safety tool.
What advocates said: Diane Peterson of the Alliance for a Safe Oregon told commissioners that Oregon’s ERPO law (2018) allows family members, household members or law enforcement to ask courts to temporarily remove firearms when someone is at imminent risk…
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