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Falmouth To Have Surplus Police Guns Destroyed Instead of Trading Them In For Discount On New Guns

Falmouth To Have Surplus Police Guns Destroyed Instead of Trading Them In For Discount On New Guns

Falmouth town manager Michael Renshaw has announced that the police department's surplus of 26 shotguns will be destroyed rather than used as trade-ins for future guns. Renshaw made the announcement during a selectmen's meeting Monday, April 1. The shotguns have a trade-in value of $4,125, but instead of trading them in the town's police department will give them to the Massachusetts State Police Crime Laboratory in Maynard, which will destroy them at no charge to the town, Renshaw told select

Falmouth town manager Michael Renshaw has announced that the police department's surplus of 26 shotguns will be destroyed rather than used as trade-ins for future guns. Renshaw made the announcement during a selectmen's meeting Monday, April 1. The shotguns have a trade-in value of $4,125, but instead of trading them in the town's police department will give them to the Massachusetts State Police Crime Laboratory in Maynard, which will destroy them at no charge to the town, Renshaw told select…