Palo Alto, CA -- As part of a continuing campaign to promote firearm safety, the Palo Alto Police Department has announced that it will be a permanent gunlock distribution site for community residents. Together with the Santa Clara/San Mateo County SAFE KIDS Coalition and Lucille Packard’s Children’s Hospital, the Department is providing educational materials, safety tips, and free gunlocks to firearm owners. This is one of 29 permanent sites in the two-county area. “Our Police Department is committed to providing any resource we can in order to help protect our children,” said Police Chief Designate Lynne Johnson.

The device is a MasterLock that meets the requirements of Penal Code Section 12088 and works with most rifles, shotguns, revolvers and semi-automatic pistols. To arrange for an appointment to get a free gunlock and instructions on how to install it, call Officer Scott Savage at 650-329-2337. (Please leave your firearms at home!)

For additional information on the SAFE KIDS Firearm Safety Campaign call coordinator Bonnie Gradstein at 650-736-2981.

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