Watertown PD To Participate In Gun Buyback Program

WATERTOWN, MA — The Watertown Police Department will participate in the Middlesex Sheriff's gun buyback program this month. It will join the Cambridge, Newton, Arlington and Belmont police departments, as well as local community and faith-based organizations, to offer residents the option of turning in unwanted weapons.

"The Watertown Police Department is happy to support the gun buyback program," Watertown Police Chief Michael Lawn said in a statement. "Working with our regional partners in providing safe ways to dispose of unwanted firearms certainly makes our communities and homes safer places to live. Thank you to the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office, our faith based partners, and financial donors for all your contributions to this significant initiative."

Since 2013, the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office has assisted 11 municipal departments, with 20 total buybacks, resulting in nearly 1,000 unwanted weapons turned in.

Here's when the buybacks will be held:

June 8 in Cambridge from 9 a.m. – 12 Noon at the Reservoir Church (170 Rindge Ave.) and Pentecostal Tabernacle (77 Columbia St.)

June 15 in Newton from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. at The Second Church (61 Chestnut St.)

June 22 in Watertown from 9 a.m. – 12 Noon at the First Parish Church (35 Church St.)

June 29 in Arlington from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the Department of Public Works (51 Grove St.)