Cheney police begin tracking firearm checks

Thanks partly to passage of Initiative 594 last November, the Cheney Police Department has another function to keep track of with its Monthly Accountability Report, known as “the MAR.”

I-594 expanded background checks for firearms sales and transfers to all such transactions, with a few exceptions. Recent court cases and new laws surrounding reissuing firearms to individuals involved in domestic violence — the Sheena Henderson Act — require police departments to do more tracking of firearms.

Cheney Police have responded with a new category on the MAR, “firearms related,” a tracking function fa...