New gun buyback program announced in Albany County

Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple, Albany County District Attorney Lee Kindlon and Albany County Executive Dan McCoy announced a buyback program on Thursday morning.

The program is called Preventing Endangerment & Criminal Exposure, or PEACE. It’s part of a larger effort to make the community safer.

The program offers $350 for an operable handgun buyback, and $750 to anyone who provides credible information that directly leads to the recovery of an illegal handgun, said Sheriff Apple…

Story continues

TRENDING NOW

LATEST LOCAL NEWS