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PublishedApril 29, 2024
Four law officers killed, 4 wounded while serving warrant in North Carolina, police say
Officers killed a suspect after shots were fired, police said, but then a second person opened fire. After a 3-hour standoff, a woman and a 17-year-old boy were found in the home; both are being questioned.
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PublishedMarch 19, 2024
Mississippi ‘Goon Squad’ deputies get yearslong sentences for racist torture of 2 Black men
In early 2023, a white person phoned a deputy to complain that 2 Black men were staying with a white woman. The group of 6 officers later burst into the home without a warrant and heinously assaulted Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker.
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PublishedMarch 14, 2024
Maine regulators might let utilities report surges in power use as way to identify illegal cannabis grows
Versant Power, which calls illegal marijuana operations an 'escalating problem,' proposed the change to allow it, CMP and other utilities to disclose confidential customer information to law enforcement when there is 'good faith belief' of a crime.
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PublishedJanuary 7, 2024
Maine law enforcement agencies struggle to get new recruits in the door
While some police department leaders report moderate improvements, everyone agrees it has gotten far more challenging to get to full staff.
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PublishedOctober 16, 2023
Waterville audience learns of efforts by veterans group to fight fascist rise
Kristofer Goldsmith, a former sergeant in the U.S. Army, is head of a nonprofit task force that works with state and federal law enforcement and others to counter extremism and gather intelligence on dangerous people and organizations.
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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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