RPD Teams With Inmates For "Civic Duty Initiative Program"
By: WROC-TV
Updated: September 7, 2012
Rochester Police are teaming up with an unlikely party for a new initiative against violence.
Police chief James Sheppard and his department are working with inmates from the Orleans County Jail and a local church for the "Civic Duty Initiative Program." The program is designed to take guns off the streets through a gun buy-back system. Citizens can turn in their weapons and receive up to $100 in the form of a gift card to Wegmans. The participating inmates raised over $1,000 over a year and a half to fund the program.
Guns can be dropped off during the buy-back event on September 22nd from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Full Gospel Tabernacle Gospel Church at 614 Clifford Avenue.
Hear from the inmates participating in this initiative by clicking here.
Police chief James Sheppard and his department are working with inmates from the Orleans County Jail and a local church for the "Civic Duty Initiative Program." The program is designed to take guns off the streets through a gun buy-back system. Citizens can turn in their weapons and receive up to $100 in the form of a gift card to Wegmans. The participating inmates raised over $1,000 over a year and a half to fund the program.
Guns can be dropped off during the buy-back event on September 22nd from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Full Gospel Tabernacle Gospel Church at 614 Clifford Avenue.
Hear from the inmates participating in this initiative by clicking here.
