Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell announced Thursday that anyone arrested and convicted for using a gun during the commission of a crime, or in illegal possession of a gun, will serve their full statutory sentence in county jail.

“In the course of our office’s ongoing analysis of gun crimes, including for the time that those sentences actually serve, it came to our attention that as a system, it’s important for us to do better,” said Mike Feuer, Los Angeles City attorney.

The department will now prioritize inmates who are involved with the use of weapons because they pose the greatest threat to communities, according to McDonnell.

In LA County, the Sheriff’s Department is seeing an increased threat against schools where gun violence is at the root of these threats, according to officials.

“As of Aug. 15, our Criminal Intelligence Bureau has received and reviewed 129 tips and leads related to school threats since the beginning of the year,” said McDonnell.

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About 31 percent of tips came from public high schools, 22 percent from public elementary and middle schools and 13 percent from public community colleges, according to McDonnell.

“About 64 percent of tips and leads included the use of guns or firearms,” said McDonnell. “Guns are clearly the weapon of choice.”

The rise in gun-related threats against schools nationwide prompted his decision to add over 50 additional charges to the list of major crime offenses.

The new list of both felony and misdemeanor levels includes charges such as carjacking, crimes against children, domestic violence, kidnapping, rape and violent assault/assault with a deadly weapon.

“When somebody is convicted of a gun-related offense, there are consequences for that action and that conviction,” said Feuer.

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