It is hard to find good help these days, with unemployment low and employers competing fiercely for workers. It’s well known that law enforcement agencies are having trouble recruiting sworn officers, but WFMY reports here that jails are having trouble hiring enough detention officers as well. In Forsyth County, 77 out of 249 positions are vacant. Other counties are also in dire straits. Corrections 1 noted a few weeks ago that Mecklenburg County was short more than 100 detention officers. Keep reading for more news. Gun safety bill on the brink of passage. Last week’s News Roundup reported that a bipartisan group of Senators had reached a framework agreement on gun safety measures, including funding for mental health, support for state red flag laws, and expanded background checks for gun buyers under age 21. That framework agreement is now a bill. CNN explains here that it has already passed the Senate, 65-34, and is expected to pass the House today. President Biden has already indicated that he will sign it. Those interested in the text can find it in Section 3 of S 2938. The most pertinent provision for criminal law purposes is a change to the definition of a “misdemeanor crime of domestic violence” in 18 U.S.C. 922(a)(33) to include crimes committed against a person with whom the defendant has a current or former dating relationship (not just against a current or former spouse or cohabitant, which is current law). For reasons explained in this prior blog post, North Carolina [...]
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