On Monday in a public hearing, The Indianapolis City-County Council passed two proposals that Mayor Hogsett calls 'key components' of his violence reduction strategy. MORE:
INDIANAPOLIS — On Monday in a public hearing, The Indianapolis City-County Council passed two proposals that Mayor Hogsett calls"key components" of his violence reduction strategy.Proposal No. 149 approves an additional appropriation of $225,000 in the 2023 Budget of the Office of Corporation Counsel that will be used to fund expenses associated with hiring attorneys called Special Assistant United States Attorneys to focus on investigating and prosecuting gun crimes in Marion County.
As previously reported, Hogsett said Proposal No.149 will be a two-year partnership that will focus on violent crimes and gun violence and involve appointing three staff members.Proposal No. 156 amends Chapter 451 of the Revised Code, regarding public health and welfare , and adopts gun safety measure to take effect and be enforceable only upon the removal or repeal of restrictions imposed by state or federal law.These gun measures cannot be enforced until State gun laws are changed.
"I hold my peace walk every year to stand in solidarity with other people, and some people here today who have lost family members and loved ones to gun violence. So this proposal I wholeheartedly support because this same violence, in other countries, they put an end to it," another councilor, Lakeisha Jackson said.
Mayor Joe Hogsett released a statement on the passage of the proposal stating"tonight we are sending a clear message of where we stand about the causes of gun violence and the proliferation of illegal weapons on our streets."
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