Bob Lee (@Shmuel Thaler) The Santa Cruz Sentinal
The Santa Cruz County District Attorney's Office has been working quietly on a program to keep guns out of the hands of felons and other offenders. Operation Street Sweeper, spearheaded by the Santa Cruz County District Attorney's Office, has checked up on at least 48 suspects since February, according to District Attorney Bob Lee. Investigators in the project have tried to prevent violent crime by checking on three groups of people with gun restrictions: felons, domestic violence offenders and people with mental health problems. "We wanted to do something a little more proactive," said Lee, who first spoke publicly about the project at an Aptos Chamber of Commerce meeting. "A lot of these people don't have guns any more. We just make sure they're not violating the law," said Lee.
