Skip to main content

Portland Press Herald: Police use of Maine’s yellow flag law spiked in final months of 2024

By January 13, 2025June 17th, 2025News

This story was published by Portland Press Herald. View the story online through the link below or read a snippet copied from the article, below.

https://www.pressherald.com/2025/01/13/police-use-of-maines-yellow-flag-law-spikes-in-final-months-of-2024/

Maine’s utilization of its unique yellow flag law spiked in the final months of 2024 as police agencies sought to remove weapons from people who pose a danger.

King said user-friendly forms, families becoming more knowledgeable about the law, training led by the Sanford Police Department, and a guideline sent to police departments by Spurwink — a mental health services nonprofit that assists police on the yellow flag cases — are helping to make the process less burdensome for officers.