Red Flag Implementation: Next Steps - New Hope Midcoast Speaker Series with Margaret Groban: Rockland

Red Flag Implementation: Next Steps with Speaker Margaret Groban

Last November, Maine voters passed a referendum to enact an Extreme Risk Protection Order law - commonly known as the Red Flag Law - by more than 60%. The harder work now begins: ensuring this new civil court process is accessible to those who need it, through education, training, and proactive community engagement. A functioning Red Flag law is part of the toolbox to help prevent gun violence, including domestic violence and suicide.

Maine is unique in having three distinct civil court processes that can prohibit someone from possessing firearms: the Protection from Abuse process, the Yellow Flag process, and now the Red Flag process. This presentation will focus specifically on the Red Flag and Yellow Flag processes - identifying points of overlap and key differences. It will also walk through the court forms developed for Red Flag petitions, and open the floor for feedback - an important part of refining implementation whenever a new law takes effect, so the process works as intended.

Margaret Groban is a retired federal prosecutor for the District of Maine, the National Domestic Violence Coordinator for the U.S. Department of Justice, former member of Maine’s Domestic Violence Homicide Review Panel, and is currently teaching at the University of Maine School of Law.

This event is free with pre-registration appreciated. Click here to register.

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Date and Time

Tuesday Sep 29, 2026

4:00–5:30 p.m.

Location

Tuesday September 29, 4:00–5:30 p.m.
Mid-Coast School of Technology, Rockland

1 Main Street, Rockland, ME 04841

Wednesday, September 30, 2026, 3:00–4:30 p.m.
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens

105 Botanical Gdns Dr, Boothbay, ME 04537

 


 

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Free (pre-registration appreciated). Click here to register.

For more information visit https://newhopemidcoast.org/speaker-series.

Contact developmentdirector@newhopemidcoast.org or (207) 691.5969 for questions.

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developmentdirector@newhopemidcoast.org; (207) 691.5969
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