South Portland firm’s vehicle-mounted pepper spray gun raises concerns

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Published
May 18, 2022

South Portland firm’s vehicle-mounted pepper spray gun raises concerns

The company's founder told a manufacturing industry group that the nonlethal weapon was inspired by Black Lives Matter protests during the summer of 2020.
Published
May 9, 2022

Sheriff’s deputy killed last year among Maine officers honored at Augusta memorial

Hancock County Sheriff's Deputy Luke Gross was investigating a crash when he was struck and killed by a vehicle in Trenton on Sept. 23, 2021, and he is now among the names on the memorial.
Published
April 22, 2022

Officers justified in deadly force in Falmouth, Old Town confrontations, attorney general finds

In both cases, the officers who discharged their weapons were acting in self defense or the defense of others, the state's attorney general concludes.
Published
March 3, 2022

Ex-officer cleared in shooting during Breonna Taylor raid

Brett Hankison had been charged with 3 counts of wanton endangerment for firing shots that went through a sliding-glass side door and a window of Taylor's apartment and into a family's unit next door.
Published
February 7, 2022

Officers could have saved George Floyd’s life, doctor testifies

A lung specialist says George Floyd might have survived if officers had changed his position on the ground or administered CPR as soon as his heart stopped.
Published
December 17, 2021

Former Minnesota officer who killed Daunte Wright, testifies, ‘I’m sorry it happened’

Kim Potter said she shot Wright in a moment of chaos as he tried to leave a traffic stop as she and other officers were trying to arrest him on an outstanding warrant for a weapons violation.
Published
November 1, 2021

Phippsburg woman arrested, charged with DUI, child endangerment on Halloween night

Noreen Wyman, 33, of Phippsburg was charged with operating under the influence, endangering the welfare of a child, refusing to submit to arrest or detention and operating after suspension.
Published
October 21, 2021

Minneapolis officer gets nearly 5 years in killing of 911 caller

Mohamed Noor's appeal of his murder conviction was watched closely for implications in the case of Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer convicted of the same charge in George Floyd's death.
Published
October 19, 2021

Hebron woman sues police over husband’s fatal shooting in 2020

Nicole Gora's lawsuit alleges that Androscoggin County Sheriff's deputies and Mechanic Falls police officers violated Jason Gora's rights when they used deadly force against him following a high-speed chase.
Published
October 10, 2021

Topsham police to get body cameras

Advocacy groups have urged police to wear body cameras in the wake of controversial police use-of-force cases.