Law Enforcement: a Vital Partnership in the Public Health Approach to Gun Violence

To discuss the concerns, motivations, and accomplishments of the law enforcement community with respect to gun violence. To raise awareness of the scope of the problem of gun violence from the law enforcement perspective. Gun violence impacts civilians and the law enforcement community in different ways, with similar outcomes. A multidisciplinary approach of education, legislation, and enforcement may best impact trending US gun violence. The law enforcement community can help to define gun violence as a public health crisis. Working relationships between the police, health care providers, legislators, and community leaders are extremely important in the national conversation about gun violence prevention.