INDIANAPOLIS — The City of Indianapolis is getting help from the Justice Department to reduce domestic violence.
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland has approved an initial set of 78 communities across 47 states, territories, and the District of Columbia, including Indianapolis, designated for focused federal efforts to reduce intimate partner gun violence under Section 1103 of the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022.
The US Attorney’s Office, IMPD, and ATF, through the LEATH Initiative , will partner together to reduce domestic violence with firearms. The plan prioritizes domestic violence offenders who violate federal firearms laws.
WRTV “It helps out because we know guns are flooding our streets at a high level,” said Danyette Smith with Indy Champions.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office has also partnered with the City of Indianapolis to assign Special Assistant United States Attorneys to prosecute violent crimes in federal court, including armed domestic abusers.