Julie Ward is no stranger to the realities of gun violence. She worked for almost 15 years as a nurse in hospitals and emergency rooms from Arizona to Oregon and Washington. In that time, she said, she probably treated dozens of people harmed by gun violence, including teenagers, adults, and first responders.
Those experiences led Ward to pursue a doctorate in health policy with a focus on gun violence prevention in the fall of 2019. But while working as a research assistant at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Ward was surprised to learn that there is no federal reporting requirement for police-involved shootings or use of lethal force.
