APS usually gives guns found on campuses to APD. But three sat in evidence lockers for nearly a year.

Three guns recovered from Albuquerque Public Schools campuses sat in evidence lockers — instead of being traced and tested — for nearly a year after being seized from students at three different high schools.

Since 2023, APS police have had an agreement to turn over seized firearms to the Albuquerque Police Department to see if they were involved in a crime or had been stolen.

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