Sagadahoc more careful since Maine mass shooting

Sheriff Joel Merry, embattled for months over his department’s handling of warnings about the Lewiston shooter, said his department has applied higher scrutiny to cases in which Maine’s yellow flag law could be used to restrict someone’s weapons.

By: The Boston Globe

Mar 19 2024
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That heightened scrutiny, he said, led the department to issue seven restrictions in less than five months, more than many agencies have ever issued, despite never having used the yellow flag law prior to the Oct. 25 attacks. He said the department h... [7785 chars]