April Zeoli, an associate professor of public health and a director at the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention at the University of Michigan, presents to the 10th Annual Suicide Prevention Education Summit in Plymouth, Mich. Jan. 23, 2026. | Photo by Katherine Dailey/Michigan Advance.
Michigan’s Extreme Risk Protection Order, or ERPO, law, which allows a person’s firearms to be temporarily removed from their possession in the case of a mental health crisis, was a point of focus for the 10th Annual Suicide Prevention Education Summit, hosted last week by Kevin’s Song, a Michigan charity aiming to grow awareness on the causes of suicide, as well as the Community Mental Health Association of Michigan.
For April Zeoli, an associate professor of public health and a director at the Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention at the University of Michigan, the red flag law in Michigan is crucial for suicide prevention…