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Englewood police lay out red flag policy
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Chad Read is the department’s extreme risk protection coordinator BY JOSEPH RIOS JRIOS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The red flag law, which went into effect across Colorado on Jan. 1, allows family members to request that a judge issue an extreme risk protection order — a temporary order that removes guns from a resident whom a family member believes is a danger to themselves or to society. Others who are allowed to request an extreme risk protection order include police officers and household members. Chad Read, a sergeant and spokesman for the Englewood Police Department, is serving as the department’s SEE FLAG, P9
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