Sheriff's Detectives Seize Guns

Joint Operation With Department of Justice

Santa Barbara - February 1st, 2010

Sheriff’s Detectives working with Agents for the California Department of Justice (Bureau of Firearms) seized several guns during weapons check operation last week.

On Wednesday, January 27, 2010, Sheriff’s Detectives and State Agents conducted an APPS operation in Santa Barbara County South County. APPS (Automated Prohibited Persons System) is a statewide data base maintained by the California Department of Justice containing the names of persons prohibited from owning / possessing firearms.

The purpose of the operation was to locate and contact any person, within Santa Barbara county, who has been convicted of a felony, a specified misdemeanor, or a specified firearms offense; who is addicted to narcotics; who is the subject of a protective order; or who has been found by a court or mental facility to have certain mental disabilities is prohibited by California law from possessing / owning firearms.

Those subjects who fall into the above referenced categories are entered into a statewide data base of prohibited persons. That list is then used by local and state law enforcement officials to locate and contact those subjects and seize any outstanding weapons. The terms of prohibition vary based on seriousness of the conviction offense or term / condition of probation. Some terms have a lifetime prohibition attached to them.

During this joint operation a total of 17 subjects were contacted which led to the seizure of eight firearms. The seized firearms were booked for safekeeping into Sheriff’s evidence. 

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