Morris County Prosecutor's Office Partners with Morris County Sheriff's Office and Municipal Police Departments to Participate in Operation Take Back
Published on October 16, 2019
October 16, 2019
Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp, Morris County Sheriff James M. Gannon, Acting Chief of Investigations Chris Kimker, Hanover Township Chief of Police Mark D. Roddy, Morris Plains Borough Chief of Police Jason A. Kohn, Morris Township Chief of Police Mark DiCarlo, and Randolph Township Chief of Police David Stokoe announce that on October 26, 2019, they will be participating in the second Operation Take Back program of 2019.
Operation Take Back is a semi-annual event coordinated nationally by the United States Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in which law enforcement agencies at the state, county, and municipal level work collectively to host Operation Take Back across the nation.
The goal of Operation Take Back is to encourage the public to anonymously turn over unused, unwanted, or expired prescription medicine for proper disposal. The Morris County Prosecutor's Office has partnered with the Hanover Township Police Department, the Morris Plains Borough Police Department, the Morris Township Police Department, and the Randolph Township Police Department in this effort to reduce abuse and misuse of pharmaceutical drugs. At its conclusion, the Morris County Prosecutor's Office and Morris County Sheriff's Office will collect the discarded prescription drugs and properly destroy them in a safe and non-hazardous manner.
During this event, satellite collection sites will be established at the following locations in Morris County, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.:
Shoprite of Greater Morristown
178 East Hanover Ave
Cedar Knolls, New Jersey 07927
Stop and Shop Supermarket
245 Littleton Road
Morris Plains, New Jersey 07950
ACME Supermarket
690 Millbrook Road
Randolph, New Jersey 07869
If you are unable drop off your medication at one of these locations, you can utilize any other permanent drop box locations nearest you, which are listed at http://safehealthymorris.org/dropbox
Prosecutor Knapp said, The goal of Operation Take Back is to ensure that unused medications are not abused and are removed from our medicine cabinets and other locations. A total of 659 pounds or of unused medication was collected during the first Operation Take Back event in Morris County held earlier this year. We are hopeful that our residents will continue to support this important program by participating on October 26th.
Inquiries concerning this press release should be directed to pressinquiry@co.morris.nj.us.