For an entire month law enforcement across the province, including the Moose Jaw Police Service, took part in the Gun Amnesty Program. 

The idea was if a resident had an unwanted firearm or ammunition they could contact their local detachment and arrange for an officer to come to their residence to pick it up and properly dispose of it. 

In Moose Jaw, Officers are happy with the results according to Sgt. Kevin Pilsworth. 

"We weren't quite sure what to expect, we were pleasantly surprised. We did have a total of 16 calls for service to pick up unwanted firearms as well as ammunition, for a one month period that's a huge amount for us."

"We're happy with the initial results, it is a little resource intensive because of the way we delivered the program. We had to arrange a suitable time to go out to people's homes, safely collect and then bring the firearms and ammunition back to our headquarters and make arrangements for disposal," said Sgt. Pilsworth. 

He noted that they're still waiting to hear the tallied number from other departments and the province as a whole, but believes what was collected locally was a positive. 

"We hadn't done anything like this for a while, infact I'm not sure when the last time we've done a provincial intiative of this scope. I haven't heard back from the other agencies yet to hear what their success were."

In the situation that someone missed the opportunity to hand in an unwanted firearm that is currently in their home, he said the Police Service are always willing to help you follow proper protocol to get rid of it.