Project ChildSafe:  Gun-Locking Safety Device

The Los Alamitos Police Department will participate in the nationwide program, Project ChildSafe.  The project promotes safe firearms handling and storage practices among all firearms owners through the distribution of safety education messages and free gun locking devices (Firearms Safety Kits). The program is supported by a U.S. Department of Justice grant (DOJ), the National Shooting Sports Foundation, and is a component of Project Safe Neighborhoods.

Firearms accidents can result from an unauthorized individual, often a child, finding a loaded and unsecured firearm in the home. The risk of firearms-related unintentional injuries or deaths can be reduced when firearms owners are aware of and fully understand their responsibility to handle firearms safely and store them in a secure manner. The goal of Project ChildSafe is to inform and educate all firearms owners on safety issues and to provide Firearms Safety Kits that include a gun-locking device.

The gun-locking device distributed in the Project ChildSafe program is a cable-style gunlock that meets the California AB106 standard. Cable locks require that many types of firearms be unloaded before the cable lock is installed, providing an extra level of safety.

These complementary Firearms Safety Kits are available at the Los Alamitos Police Department front counter, Monday through Friday, 7:30 A.M. until 5:30 P.M., and on Saturdays, 9:00 A.M. until 2:00 P.M.  DO NOT bring firearms to the Police Department when picking up your Firearms Safety Kit.