Public Safety
‘Red Flag’ Laws to Prevent Possible Shootings: CT Has Something Like It, and It’s Been Used in Darien
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After the massacres in Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas several days ago, proposals to spread “red flag” laws to more states have been made as one way to help prevent similar shootings in the future. Connecticut has a “firearm removal law” similar to “red flag” law (also called “extreme risk protection order laws”), and it’s been used in Darien. Police Chief Raymond Osborne and Capt. Don Anderson discussed how it works at Wednesday’s Police Commission meeting. Commission Chairman J. Paul Johnson said he had spoken to Osborne earlier about Darien police experience with that state law, and he asked Osborne to discuss it:
“If […] Darien police hear of a disturbed individual who may be a possible threat to himself or herself or to the public, what can we do in the state of Connecticut?” Osborne said:
“Connecticut has what we call a ‘risk warrant option.’