Rogue Island.......nicknamed after all the pirate ships coming into Narragansett Bay.
its early settlers valued fierce independence, making it a haven for outcasts, smugglers, and pirates, and later because it stubbornly resisted joining the new United States government.
as of now, the Prov PD do not require this
Cranston and Warwick do..
now there are others.
In Rhode Island, a local concealed carry permit issued via a municipal police department (under R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-47-11) is subject to local police chief discretion regarding the "suitable person" requirement. While state law does not mandate a universal medical or psychiatric exam, several local police departments explicitly require a signed medical or mental health release waiver, or direct medical background disclosures from a primary care physician, as part of their local application packet. [
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Rhode Island Police Departments with Explicit Medical/Mental Health Disclosures
- Middletown Police Department: Requires a dedicated, signed Release of Medical Information for Concealed Weapons Permit authorizing your primary care physician to provide details to the department to determine your suitability. [1]
- Lincoln Police Department: Requires an extensive authorization for the release of personal records that explicitly covers medical and psychiatric treatment, consultations, and hospital/clinic histories. [1]
- East Providence Police Department & Burrillville Police Department: Their standard application/background investigation procedures explicitly involve screening records and other sources for a prior history of mental illness or substance abuse. [1, 2]
Note: Individual municipal policies shift periodically following changes in constitutional carry guidance (such as the AG’s Bruen response guidelines). It is common for local departments to introduce or alter medical history waiver requests under the umbrella of evaluating an applicant's "suitability". [
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If you are planning to apply, what
specific city or town police department are you submitting your application to? I can check if that exact municipality has a specific medical waiver or supplementary form attached to their current packet.