Cleveland, Tennessee, Assistant City Manager Melinda CarrollCLEVELAND, Tenn. – The city is planning to sell its confiscated guns, with the proceeds to be used for purchasing police weapons.
More than 160 firearms on a court-approved list have been released for sale by the district attorney general’s office. The Cleveland City Council recently approved a resolution accepting the weapons as city surplus property.
“The final list will be somewhat shorter,” Assistant City Manager Melinda Carroll said Friday. “I saw at least four [guns] with no serial numbers, and we cannot sell those.”
Those weapons will be otherwise disposed of as required by law, Cleveland Police Department Chief Wes Snyder said.
The firearms were confiscated from crime scenes and criminal investigations over several years. It has been at least five years since the city has had a firearms sale, officials said.