Confidence in law enforcement officers determine when an ERPO is appropriate
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Q32a. The Michigan Legislature recently enacted an “Extreme Risk Protection Order Act” — sometimes referred to as a “red flag” law. This law provides for the issuance of Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs), which temporarily prohibit individuals judged to be at high risk of harming themselves or others from purchasing or possessing firearms. The law allows several different categories of people, including family members, mental health professionals, and law enforcement officers, to file an ERPO petition. How confident are you that…
a. local law enforcement officers have sufficient training to decide when an ERPO is appropriate?
| Total | Very confident | 13% | Somewhat confident | 31% | Not very confident | 31% | Not cofident at all | 24% | Don't know | 1% |
| Office | Department | Total | Very confident | 24% | 11% | 13% | Somewhat confident | 33% | 30% | 31% | Not very confident | 24% | 32% | 31% | Not cofident at all | 15% | 26% | 24% | Don't know | 4% | 1% | 1% |