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Board approves $150,000 to support sheriff's efforts under state armed-prohibited-persons system
Summary
The Board approved $150,000 from 4th-district discretionary funds to restore overtime capacity for county sheriff staff to work with the state APPS database to find prohibited firearm holders; Sheriff Don Barnes said prior DOJ grants had funded dedicated staffing and that the funding will enable targeted operations and recovery of firearms.
The board unanimously approved Vice Chair Doug Chaffee’s supplemental request to use $150,000 from 4th-district discretionary funds to support local enforcement actions tied to the state-run Armed Prohibited Persons System (APPS).
Chaffee described APPS as a vital tool managed by the California Department of…
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