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Office of Violence Prevention cites gun buyback results and NICJR reports as it seeks larger 2025 budget
Summary
Director Rena Schack (prerecorded) summarized 2024 achievements including a gun buyback that distributed $106,425 in gift cards and removed dozens of firearms and cited NICJR reports that estimated system costs per homicide and nonfatal shooting; she requested a $6.8 million budget for 2025 to expand staff and community contracts.
Rena Schack, director of the Office of Violence Prevention (prerecorded), presented the office's 2024 accomplishments and the proposed 2025 budget.
Schack said the 2024 community gun buyback distributed $106,425 in gift cards and resulted in the collection and destruction of dozens of firearms, listing the numbers on the record: 67 handguns, 33 shotguns, 38…
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