Councilmembers remind public of gun buyback and request police-technology update at next meeting

During the committee’s good-of-the-order period on Sept. 16, Councilmember Stewart reminded the public that the city has invested in a gun buyback program and that the next event is scheduled for this Saturday; she directed residents to the city website for details and thanked Redmond Police for their partnership. The announcement was brief and intended as a public reminder.

The nut graf: Council leadership also flagged that they will ask the chair to include a police-technology update at the next committee meeting so councilmembers can hear directly from the police chief about technologies and vendor relationships as the companies have appeared in recent news coverage.

Council President Kritzker said council leadership “is gonna be putting in a request at the chair for our next meeting to be able to have an update on our various police technologies” and asked staff to add the item; the committee chair agreed to coordinate with staff to place the topic on the next agenda.

Ending: No formal action was taken; staff will coordinate to add a police-technology briefing to the next meeting agenda and the gun buyback event will proceed as scheduled with details on the city website.