Program offers gun locks Wednesday Members of...

Program offers gun locks Wednesday

Members of a nonprofit organization will distribute free gun locks

outside the Newport Beach Police Department from noon to 4 p.m. on

Wednesday.

Project ChildSafe is a nationwide program that promotes safe

firearms handling and storage practices through the distribution of

key safety-education messages and free gun-locking devices.

The group is providing the free locks thanks to a federal grant.

For more information about the program, visit

www.projectchildsafe.org.

Police warn locals about phone scam

Newport Beach police are warning residents about telephone

solicitors claiming to be employees of the Police Department and

asking people for money and credit card numbers.

At least two residents reported receiving telephone calls from the

Police Department, said Newport Beach Police Sgt. Steve Shulman. The

caller asks for $35 and then the victims’ credit card numbers, he

said.

“We never solicit over the phone,” Shulman said. “Our department

holds charity fundraisers, but we only send information by mail.”

As a practice, people should never give out their credit card

information over the phone, he said.