PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Police in Rhode Island say a new red flag law has likely helped to prevent tragedies.
A newspaper analysis published Sunday shows that police across the state have invoked the law 33 times as of Oct. 31 since it took effect in June 2018.
The red flag law allows law enforcement officials to file for an order to take guns away from people deemed to be imminent threats to themselves or others.
Cranston has used the law eight times; Cumberland, seven times; Woonsocket, three times, Warwick and Johnston, twice; 10 others towns have each used it once; and the state police used it twice.
