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Brook Park to place ordinance allowing police to trade unclaimed weapons for credit on next agenda
Summary
Council voted to place an ordinance on the April 15 agenda that would authorize the police chief to trade unclaimed or forfeited weapons for credit with Vance Outdoors; chief said roughly 50 items are in inventory and legal steps are required before disposal.
The Brook Park Caucus voted unanimously to place on next week’s council agenda an ordinance authorizing the police chief to trade in unclaimed or forfeited weapons no longer needed by the Brook Park Police Department and to declare an emergency.
The ordinance matters because the police department has accumulated an inventory of weapons that must be stored, processed and—when legally released—disposed of in a way that returns value to the department rather than leaving unusable property taking space in evidence storage.
Mayor Orcutt introduced the item to the Safety Committee, saying Chief Ed…
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