New Mexico's Democrat Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham declared gun violence a public health emergency in response to multiple recent shooting deaths in the state.
Last month was "the fifth-highest August on record in terms of federal background checks for gun transfers since the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System was established 25 years ago."
A man fatally shot three people inside a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida Saturday in a predominately Black neighborhood in an attack that the local sheriff called “racially motivated.”
Among those slated for advancement are Lieutenant Michael Byrd, who is set to become captain, and Officer Caroline Edwards, who will rise to the rank of sergeant.
Chief Pelletier, who assumed the role at the Maui Police Department in late 2021, had previously dedicated 22 years to the Las Vegas Police Department, eventually holding the position of captain.
