{"id":80673,"date":"2026-02-02T14:53:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T19:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=80673"},"modified":"2026-02-02T14:53:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T19:53:38","slug":"sault-police-not-participating-in-federal-government-assault-style-firearm-compensation-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/02\/sault-police-not-participating-in-federal-government-assault-style-firearm-compensation-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Sault Police Not Participating in Federal Government Assault-Style Firearm Compensation Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40ec28bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-content\" data-id=\"40ec28bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-content.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>The federal government\u2019s Assault-Style Firearm Compensation Program entered its nationwide declaration period on January 19, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>After careful consideration, and in line with the approach taken by many police services across Ontario, the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service (SSMPS) is not participating in this program at this time.<\/p>\n<p>The program is being administered at the federal level, and participation by municipal police services is not mandated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith resource constraints and competing\u00a0operational responsibilities in mind, the SSMPS will continue to focus its efforts on frontline policing, preventing crime, and supporting victims,\u201d says Chief Brent Duguay.\u00a0\u201cThese priorities\u00a0remain\u00a0integral to the provision of adequate and effective policing and community safety.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The SSMPS\u00a0will continue to work collaboratively with our law\u00a0enforcement and government partners to advance these shared public-safety priorities.<\/p>\n<p>The SSMPS will also continue to\u00a0accept the voluntary surrender of firearms from members of the public\u00a0for disposal.\u00a0For more information on disposing of a firearm, please call (705) 949-6300 or visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/saultpolice.ca\/communitysafety\/crime-prevention-safety-tips\/firearm-safety\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">saultpolice.ca\/firearm-safety<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For\u00a0additional\u00a0information\u00a0regarding\u00a0the federal buy-back program, please visit\u00a0the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/public-safety-canada\/campaigns\/firearms-buyback.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Government of Canada website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The federal government\u2019s Assault-Style Firearm Compensation Program entered its nationwide declaration period on January 19, 2026. After careful consideration, and in line with the approach taken by many police services across Ontario, the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service (SSMPS) is not participating in this program at this time. The program is being administered at the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-district"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-13 05:37:13","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80673"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80674,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80673\/revisions\/80674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}