Posted on 12/30/2004 7:09:57 AM PST by 1Old Pro
| Cash aids battle against illegal guns Albany to offer rewards for those who turn in people for possessing unlawful firearms |
| By CAROL DeMARE, Staff writer First published: Thursday, December 30, 2004 |
| ALBANY -- Albany police will begin providing rewards for information leading to the arrests of suspects with illegal guns. Earlier this month, the Albany County Legislature approved a $180,837 state grant that includes $10,000 for the reward program in the city of Albany. The project will be run under Operation Impact, a state crime-fighting endeavor. "Any individual who has information that another person has an illegal handgun, if they contact the Albany Police Department and give them the information the police will follow up, and if they get a gun, (the informant) will get a reward," District Attorney Paul A. Clyne said Wednesday. Rewards could run between $100 and $200 once the firearm is seized and the suspect convicted, he said. Police will decide the amount. The program starts immediately, he said. "We will have to see what kind of a response there is," Clyne said. "If the response is great, then the money will go quickly." Operation Impact is a strategy involving crime-mapping and targeting resources, he said. "One of the objectives is to reduce gun violence and that means getting guns off the street, and people in neighborhoods may have information as to who is carrying guns, and we are willing to pay for that information," the district attorney said. Targeting illegal handguns was the hallmark of Clyne's four-year administration, which ends Friday. He campaigned on the issue of getting guns off the streets and sharply prosecuted those convicted of gun possession. (YET ALBANY'S CRIME RATE GOES UP, NOT DOWN-MY COMMENT) In 2003, only one county outside of New York City sent more people to prison for straight felony gun possession with no other charge involved than did Albany County, Clyne said. That was significantly larger Erie County, which locked up 33 felons. Albany sent 30 to prison. Incoming District Attorney David Soares also has pledged to make illegal guns one of his targets. ( SOARES WON WITH THE HELP OF A LARGE, ILLEGAL CONTRIBUTION FROM GEORGE SOROS- MY COMMENT) The district attorney's office secured the grant, and "the lion's share of the money will be spent on police overtime," Clyne said. Some funds will be used to purchase a water tank for police to test-fire illegal guns, he said. |
SOURCE URL: http://timesunion.com/AspStories/storyprint.asp?StoryID=318659
They'll make sure the average innocent New York citizen and gun owner isn't abused!
...but there are some folks I'd really, really like to hassle in Albany. Can I just give the cops their names and have them start a record and go after these folks? One guy parks in my space once in a while and the other lets his dog whiz on my oak tree. What do you think?
I, for one, would never take a bunch of empty .22LR cases to a liberal, anti-gunner’s yard in the middle of the night and leave them scattered in various places, nor would I ever toss in a few live ones, just for the fun of it, (taking care, of course, not to leave any fingerprints on said cases or live rounds) and then call the tip line in question. Nope, not me. I’d never want to see some upstanding anti-gun scumbag used and abused by our fine police officers and our fine court system in a manner that they intend for us - NEVER. Nor would I ever advise anyone to do the same. Yet, certainly, some lower form of life :>) will actually do something this horrible. What a shame that’ll be.
Even worse, some jerk will probably do this to some anti-gun city council member, or a well-known anti-gun newspaper reporter or publisher in Albany. What has society come to?
Please, there is no such thing as anonymous. Big Brother is in power, you could use a pay phone but they will figure out who you are. Even if there was such a thing, how are you supposed to face your accuser. I thought you had a right to face your accuser?
Oh come on, that's not fair!!
...once it was a McDonalds...
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