COUNTY CLERK TO REACH OUT TO PISTOL LICENSE HOLDERS

Spano Will Branch Out with Trigger Locks and Certification Forms Throughout County

County Clerk Leonard N. Spano today announced an agenda to mobilize his office in an effort to assist Westchester's pistol license holders become more responsible handgun owners, Specifically, over the course of next week, his staff will travel extensively throughout the county and set up satellite offices at various sites to hand out free trigger locks and to make available handgun certification applications.

At the end of 1999, Spano made public that his office would purchase handgun safety devices to give out freely to valid permit holders. Likewise, the County Clerk has been reminding all licensees of their obligation to certify their existing permits with his office before the April 1, 2000 deadline.

"Now that the trigger locks are available and simultaneously the deadline is fast approaching, We intend to make it easier for handgun owners to access my resources by reaching out to them" said Spano. "All they have to do is show up with a valid license or submit the application for certification, aid they will receive a trigger lock."

Spano emphasized that once a licensee submits an application form, even when they have not yet received a new license card, they have complied with the law and are eligible for a lock

Monday, March 27, 2000

11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Yonkers Police Department - First Precinct

730 E. Grassy Sprain Road, Yonkers

Tuesday, March 28, 2000

11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Dobbs Ferry Police Department

112 Main Street, Dobbs Ferry (in back parking lot)

3 p.m. - 6 p.m. Arcadian Shopping Center

246 S. Highland Avenue, Ossining

(outside Stop & Shop Supermarket)

9 a.m. -12 P.M. Mt Kisco Police Department

40 Green Street, Mt Kisco (in parking lot)

1 p.m. - 4 p.m. Wampus Pond park

Route 128, Armonk

11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Playland Park

Playland Parkway - off 1-95, Rye (in parking lot)

3 p.m. - 6 p.m. New Rochelle Police Department

475 North Avenue, New Rochelle (new courthouse)

Spano also announced that he will be handing out only one lock per person and that licensees can also pick up the free safety device at his main office in White Plains,

For more information, contact Chief Deputy County Clerk Dennis Gallego at (914) 285-4287.