{"id":376274,"date":"2026-06-26T20:35:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T20:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/376274\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T20:35:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T20:35:14","slug":"some-fresno-county-workers-with-a-ccw-may-soon-be-able-to-carry-at-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/376274\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Fresno County Workers With a CCW May Soon Be Able to Carry at Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, Fresno County Supervisors will consider allowing qualified county staff to bring guns and other weapons into the Hall of Records and other county property.<\/p>\n<p>The county ordinance would expand who is allowed to carry tasers, pepper spray, and firearms at work. Supervisors and some agricultural commissioner workers with a concealed carry permit can already carry guns.<\/p>\n<p>The new rule would allow the county administrative officer and county counsel \u2014 provided they have an active CCW \u2014 to bring guns to work. The rule would also allow other county staff with a CCW to carry if they get approval from the administrative officer.<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gvwire.com\/contact\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280\u00d790-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280x90-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"   width=\"1280\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bredefeld said the rule would help keep workers safe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe live in times where threats are made, and I want them to be able to protect themselves, as well,\u201d Bredefeld said. \u201cThere may be other county employees who also feel the need to protect themselves because they\u2019re in situations that could be dangerous for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CCW Gun Crime Rates Low: Bredefeld<\/p>\n<p>Tasers and pepper spray would especially help protect animal control officers who face dangerous situations from people and dangerous animals, Bredefeld said.<\/p>\n<p>After attending a training course on proper use and approval by the administrative officer, county workers could bring those weapons into county buildings.<\/p>\n<p>If approved Tuesday, it would get a second hearing July 14.<\/p>\n<p>Bredefeld said he doesn\u2019t worry about the safety of having authorized county employees bringing guns onto county property <a href=\"https:\/\/gvwire.com\/2023\/09\/18\/odds-of-ccw-gun-crime-in-fresno-theyre-1-in-31-million-over-last-5-years-says-sheriffs-office\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">given the low crime rates of CCW holders<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStatistically, there are rare instances of problems with CCW-trained people,\u201d Bredefeld said. \u201cI\u2019m also a firm believer, frankly, that an armed society is a polite society.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Tuesday, Fresno County Supervisors will consider allowing qualified county staff to bring guns and other weapons into&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376275,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-376274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}