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BSIS enforcement sees spike in incident reports, firearm-appeal backlog shrinks
Summary
At the Nov. 10 meeting enforcement staff reported a substantial rise in incident reports this year and a drop in pending firearm assessment appeals at the Attorney General's office.
Sam Studolski, enforcement lead, told the advisory committee the bureau's complaint intake and resolution unit has seen a large increase in incident reports after AB 229 expanded reporting requirements.
"In 2019, we received just slightly over 200 incident reports total. So far this calendar year since January 1, we've received over 2,000 incident reports," Studolski said. He added that about 462 of those reports remained pending at the time of the meeting.
Studolski also provided an update on firearm-assessment appeals that had previously burdened the bureau's budget and workload. He said that pending appeals at the Attorney General's office dropped from approximately 160 in February to about 37 in the current month.
Staff said two enforcement analysts retired recently and those positions are being recruited; that recruitment and onboarding will affect enforcement capacity in the near term. Studolski said the bureau is preparing outreach materials for law enforcement and employers to explain reporting requirements and other changes coming from AB 2515.
Committee members did not vote on enforcement matters. Staff encouraged industry groups to help recruit disciplinary-review committee members and to file complaints when they observe unlicensed activity so the bureau can investigate.
