Extreme Risk Protection Orders: A New Gun Violence Prevention Tool for Healthcare

Firearm-related injuries are the leading cause of death among U.S. youth aged 1-19 years. Extreme risk protection orders (ERPO), known as red flag laws, are a prevention tool that has effectively prevented suicide, intimate partner homicide, and mass shootings, including school shootings. ERPO is a civil court order that temporarily prevents a person at extreme risk of harming themselves or others and who is behaving dangerously from possessing or purchasing firearms. This session will explain ERPOs and the application process.

Speakers:

• Gale Burstein, MD, MPH, FAAP, Commissioner of the Erie County Department of Health
• Spencer Cantrell, JD, Assistant Scientist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Shannon Frattaroli, PhD, MPH, Professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Ryan L. Belka, Esq., Senior Counsel in the New York State Office of the Attorney General
• Nina Agrawal, MD, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy