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PublishedJuly 5, 2023
Culture change: Brunswick police want more women in their ranks
Brunswick police became the first municipal law enforcement agency in Maine to sign on to a national initiative to boost representation of women officers.
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PublishedJune 26, 2023
Maine law change will require details of misconduct in police disciplinary documents
Specific information about misconduct must be disclosed in the disciplinary records of police officers and other public employees under law changes signed by Gov. MIlls, but recommendations to require record retention were not included.
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PublishedSeptember 24, 2022
Pandemic shortages limit OUI arrests, but numbers still climb
The number of OUI arrests has jumped dramatically in some southern Maine communities, a trend public safety officials say traces back to the pandemic.
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PublishedJune 9, 2022
Maine Gun Safety Coalition to hold gun giveback at multiple locations
At the Saturday event, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., people can drop off guns and ammunition and gun owners can get safe storage devices.
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PublishedJanuary 25, 2022
Review of police shootings focuses on need for more preventive mental health services
People who are shot by police are often in mental health crisis and armed, the Deadly Force Review Panel said. There are chances long before shootings to head off tragedy with help.
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PublishedNovember 25, 2021
Norway motel hosts law enforcement officers, K9s for training
In the past it was not unusual to see police vehicles at the old Inn Town Motel. These days law enforcement and their K9 partners have free run for training while the motel is closed for renovations.
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PublishedSeptember 3, 2021
Sabattus voters to decide fate of the town’s police department: to keep or to outsource
The department is down four positions on a force of nine. Interim Chief Dan Davies says more money is needed to keep qualified cops.
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PublishedMay 3, 2021
Andover’s Brock Clukey named 2020 Maine Game Warden of the Year
24-year veteran Brock Clukey of Andover said he was shocked when his bosses surprised him with the award last month.
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PublishedFebruary 10, 2021
Bill would require Maine police to collect demographic data for all traffic stops
It's the third time the Legislature will take up a measure that requires data collection as a tool for preventing racial profiling.
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PublishedDecember 20, 2020
Maine police union group to start legal defense fund for officers
It's partly in response to the killing of George Floyd in May at the hands of Minneapolis police, as well as the widespread social uprisings and scrutiny of police conduct that followed.
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