GUN BUY BACK SEPTEMBER 12TH 2009

GUN BUY BACK SEPTEMBER 12TH 2009

SUOZZI, MULVEY & RICE URGE RESIDENTS TO ANONYMOUSLY TURN IN THEIR
UNLICENSED GUNS FOR $200 CASH

Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi, Police Commissioner Lawrence W. Mulvey and District Attorney Kathleen Rice announced that they will be hosting the county's third and fourth Gun Buy Back Programs at two locations on Saturday, September 12th from 9a.m. to 1p.m.:

Iglesia Pentecostal De Hempstead, 600-603 Greenwich Street, Hempstead
First Baptist Cathedral of Westbury, 212 Garden Street, Westbury

And one location on Saturday, September 19th from 9a.m. to 1p.m.:
Christian Light Missionary Baptist Church, 620 Rev. J.J. Evans Blvd., Long Beach

The Gun Buy Back Program is strictly anonymous and individuals will be paid $200 cash per turned in operable handgun. Not accepted are: licensed guns, BB Guns, air pistols, long guns and replicas. Guns transported by car must be transported in the trunk of the car and must
be unloaded and put in a plastic/paper bag or in a shoe box.

DA Rice stated "This is a proactive, community-based effort to ensure that illegal guns fall into the hands of cops before they fall into the hands of our children."

"This Gun Buy Back program is part of our proactive approach to combating the rise in gun violence," said Commissioner Mulvey. In addition to our Gun Buy Back Program, I have created an implemented our Gun Stoppers program and hotline (1-877-4GUN411) and implemented a new state of the art gunshot location system known as Shot Spotter which has proven very successful.

Forfeiture funds from the Nassau County Police Department and the District Attorney's Office are utilized to fund the Gun Buy Back Program. In addition, the PBA, DAI and SOA Police Unions are also contributing funding to this event. "We are very appreciative of the police unions financial assistance in helping make these events a success," said Commissioner Mulvey.