CPD Director of Community Policing Glen Brooks joined ABC7 Chicago to talk more about it Thursday.
The event is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at People's Church of the Harvest, located at 3570 W. Fifth Ave. in Chicago.
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Those who turn in a firearm will receive a $100 gift card, no questions asked.
Brooks said CPD will always take abandoned guns, even if it's not during a turn-in event.
Call 311 for more information, or visit www.chicagopolice.org.