Crime & Safety
Passaic County to Hold Gun Buyback Program
Formal announcement will be made at a press conference Tuesday morning.
An anonymous gun buyback program will be held in Passaic County soon, authorities announced Monday.
The particulars of the program will be announced at a news conference at the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office in Paterson Tuesday morning.
The program will be a cooperative effort between the Attorney General's Office, the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office, the Passaic County Sheriff's Office, both the Passaic and Paterson police departments, and the local faith-based community.
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The announcement comes on the heels of an anonymous gun buyback program in Bergen County. More than 1,300 firearms, including AK-47s and AR-15s, were turned in at various locations throughout the county on Saturday.
More than throughout New Jersey since the school shooting in Newtown, Conn. on Dec. 14, including in Essex, Mercer, Camden, Morris and Somerset counties.
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