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House panel advances bill to add Lake County to Indiana Crime Guns Task Force
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The Veterans Affairs and Public Safety Committee voted to advance legislation to expand the Indiana Crime Guns Task Force to include Lake County; sponsor said the task force has driven arrests and seizures since 2021.
A House committee on Monday approved legislation to add Lake County to the Indiana Crime Guns Task Force, a multiagency effort that the bill sponsor said has produced arrests and seized weapons and drugs since it began in 2021.
The bill, introduced by Representative Ethan Lawson on behalf of Representative Gregory Stirwold, would extend the task force beyond its original Central Indiana footprint. “The collaborative law enforcement initiative focused on reducing gun related crimes,” Lawson said, noting the task force’s work to trace…
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