威斯康星州长埃弗斯获“更安全社区倡导者奖” 州长办公室公布暴力预防投入清单
威斯康星州州长办公室10月13日发布新闻稿：州长托尼·埃弗斯（Tony Evers）在密尔沃基举行的第四届年度紧急枪支暴力峰会（Emergency Gun Violence Summit）上获颁“更安全社区倡导者奖”（Safer Communities Champion Award），奖项由Forward Latino总裁达里尔·莫林（Darryl Morrin）颁发，以表彰其暴力预防工作以及去年历史性地创建全州首个暴力预防办公室（Wisconsin Office of Violence Prevention）。峰会由Forward Latino与the 80% Coalition主办。
埃弗斯在新闻稿中表示，作为父亲、祖父和州长，他从未、也永远不会接受包括枪支暴力在内的暴力成为注定的现实，并承诺继续投入预防工作。
新闻稿同时列出其政府近期的相关动作：本月早些时候与密尔沃基雄鹿队（Milwaukee Bucks）合作发起全州“Real Love is Respect”宣传（家庭暴力认知月期间），政府投入20万美元；上周为威斯康星东南部新建的法医科学与防护医学设施剪彩，该设施容纳密尔沃基犯罪实验室、密尔沃基县法医办公室与县应急管理办公室，埃弗斯为该项目争取到1.38亿美元，密尔沃基县行政长官大卫·克劳利（David Crowley）共同出席。
投入清单方面，新闻稿称其政府已投入超过1亿美元联邦ARPA资金用于社区安全与暴力预防；向威斯康星医学院（MCW）暴力预防项目拨款660万美元，另通过该项目竞争性拨款1040万美元（2023年6月选定10个社区与组织）；向密尔沃基市暴力预防办公室拨款800万美元；向VOCA拨款受助方拨款2000万美元；2023年第241号法案（2023 Wisconsin Act 241）投入1000万美元用于暴力预防与犯罪受害者服务；另有约1900万美元全州执法拨款、近2000万美元给密尔沃基县与密尔沃基市的刑事司法举措，以及超过1600万美元用于减少疫情积压的刑事案件。
新闻稿还回顾，埃弗斯在上任第一年就枪支暴力问题召集州议会特别会议，提出普遍背景审查与极端风险保护令提案，相关提案未获议会通过。
（来源：威斯康星州州长办公室新闻稿，2026年10月13日）
Wisconsin Gov. Evers Receives "Safer Communities Champion Award"; Governor's Office Lists Violence Prevention Investments
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers received the "Safer Communities Champion Award" at the fourth annual Emergency Gun Violence Summit in Milwaukee, his office announced on October 13. The award, presented by Forward Latino President Darryl Morrin, recognized Evers' violence prevention work and last year's creation of the Wisconsin Office of Violence Prevention, the first statewide office of its kind. The summit was hosted by Forward Latino and the 80% Coalition.
Evers said that as a father and grandfather who is also a governor, he has never and will never accept violence, including gun violence, as a foregone reality, and pledged to keep investing in prevention.
The release also noted a statewide "Real Love is Respect" campaign launched earlier this month with the Milwaukee Bucks during Domestic Violence Awareness Month, backed by $200,000 from the administration, and last week's ribbon cutting for the new Forensic Science and Protective Medicine Facility in southeastern Wisconsin — housing the Milwaukee Crime Lab, the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office and the county Office of Emergency Management — for which Evers secured $138 million, joined by Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley.
According to the release, the administration has invested more than $100 million in federal ARPA funds in community safety and violence prevention, including $6.6 million for the Medical College of Wisconsin's Violence Prevention Project and $10.4 million in competitive grants through it (10 communities and organizations selected in June 2023), $8 million for the City of Milwaukee's Office of Violence Prevention, $20 million for VOCA grant recipients, $10 million under 2023 Wisconsin Act 241 for violence prevention and victim services, about $19 million in statewide law-enforcement grants, nearly $20 million for Milwaukee County and City criminal justice initiatives, and more than $16 million to reduce pandemic-era case backlogs.
The release also recalled that in his first year in office Evers called a special session on gun violence proposing universal background checks and extreme risk protection orders, which the legislature did not pass.
(Source: Office of Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers press release, October 13, 2026)
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