Calgary police on board in principle with Ottawa gun buy-back plan yyc abpoli cdnpoli
The Calgary Police Service has yet to receive details from Ottawa on how local police agencies will be asked to aid in the buy-back confiscation of about 30,000 firearms targeted by new legislation, Chief Mark Neufeld said at a Wednesday Calgary police commission meeting.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
“What’s pretty clear is mass shootings have occurred in the U.S. and those have occurred in Canada where they’ve involved those types of weapons, and the devastation has been much worse due to the use and availability of those kind of weapons.” However, Calgary police will need to hear details on what’s expected of them so they can evaluate how it will impact staffing needs, Neufeld said. He nodded to some other concerns, including the process for people bringing firearms into police stations.
The comments come following an Alberta government press conference earlier in the week when Justice Minister Tyler Shandro saidThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.In response, federal Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino’s office said they plan to continue working with police, governments, industry and gun owners to implement its plans to remove those guns from the public’s hands.
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